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CUB - CZECHOSLOVAKIAN
CUBA - nouns
• SUGAR-BOWL OF THE WORLD Cuba ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CUBA - nouns, person
• CHICO a Cuban ...1960s US sl.
• RAFTER a Cuban refugee who arrives in Florida after a journey on a raft ...1990s US sl.
• RICAN a Cuban ...1986 Amer. dial.
CUBE - nouns
• DAYLY † a die or a knuckle-bone used as a die; also, a cubical piece of anything, a cube ...c1440
CUCKOLD, CUCKOLDRY - adjectives
• HORN-MAD † mad with rage at having been made a cuckold ...1590
cuckold, cuckoldry - adverbs
• AT THE SIGN OF THE HORN in cuckoldom ...L17 colloq.
cuckold, cuckoldry - nouns
• ACTEON'S BADGE the stigma of cuckoldom ...1596
• HART'S-CREST † the imaginary horns on the forehead of a cuckold ...1600
cuckold, cuckoldry - person
• ACTEON a cuckold ...1596
• BECCO † a cuckold ...1604
• CUCK a cuckold ...E18 sl.
• CUCKQUEAN † a woman whose husband is unfaithful to her; a female cuckold ...1562
• HALF-MOON †* a cuckold ...1659
• HODDY-DODDY † a cuckold; a henpecked man ...1598
• HODDYPEAK † a cuckold ...1500
• ONE OF THE LIVERY a cuckold ...L17 sl.
• RAM-HEAD † a cuckold ...1632
• SUMMER BIRD † a cuckold ...1560
• SUMMER'S BIRD † a cuckold ... a1600
• TUP a cuckold ...E19 Brit. sl.
• UNICORN a cuckold ...17C sl.
cuckold, cuckoldry - verbs
• ABUSE to cheat, to make a cuckold of ...L15 sl.
• ACTAEON † to cuckold ...1615
• ADHORN †* to 'plant horns on'; to cuckold ...1605
• CUCKQUEAN † to make a cuckquean of ...1592
• MAKE A MONSTER OF to cuckold ...L16 sl.
• RAM-HEAD † to make a cuckold of ...1713
• SHOE-HORN to cuckold ...M17 Brit.
cuckold, cuckoldry - phrases
• AT THE SIGN OF THE HORN in cuckoldom ...19C
CUCKOLDED - verbs
• WEAR A FORKER to be cuckolded ...E17
CUCKOO - nouns
• GUCK the cuckoo, Cuculus canorus ...B1900 Sc.
• IDLE the cuckoo ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SUCK-EGG an animal that is reputed to suck eggs, as a weasel, cuckoo ...1851
• WEATHER BIRD a cuckoo ...1951 Amer. dial.
• WEATHER-PROPHET BIRD a cuckoo ...1951 Amer. dial.
• WEATHER VANE a cuckoo ...1951 Amer. dial.
• YEKE † the cuckoo ...c725
cuckoo - verbs
• GALE † of a bird, esp. the cuckoo: to utter its peculiar note ...c1205
CUCUMBER - nouns
• PICKLE a fresh cucumber ...1950 Amer. dial.
• PICKLE-VINE a cucumber plant ...1951 Amer. dial.
• WALLY a pickled cucumber ...L19 sl.
CUDDLE - nouns
• MIX AND MUDDLE a cuddle ...20C rhyming sl.
• SCOTCH GRAVAT a hug or cuddle ...1969 Sc.
• SCOTCH MUFFLER a hug or cuddle ...1969 Sc.
cuddle - person
• MOUSE a small, very feminine girl who invites being cuddled ...1900s sl.
• MUSHER one who kisses and cuddles ...1940s US sl.
cuddle - verbs
• CALOOP to go courting; to kiss and cuddle ...1942 US sl.
• CANOODLE to kiss and cuddle ...1859 sl., orig. US
• CROODLE to cuddle together for warmth; to nestle ...Eng. dial.
• FIRKY-TOODLE to caress; to cuddle or fondle; to indulge in sexual or physically intimate endearments ...18C Brit. sl.
• GRAUNCH to kiss and cuddle someone passionately ...S. Afr.
• HANDLE to put an arm around a girl's waist ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• HUGGLE † to hug, to embrace, to cuddle ..1583 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• KAITLE † to fondle, to cuddle ...1797 Sc.
• LALLIGAG to fool around; to kiss and cuddle ...M19 US sl.
• LALLYGAG to cuddle amorously ...1868 US sl.
• LOLLIGAG to fool around; to kiss and cuddle ...M19 US sl.
• LOLLYGAG to cuddle amorously ...1868 US sl.
• MUSH vb. to kiss and cuddle ...1920s US sl.
• MUSH IT UP to kiss and cuddle ...1920s US sl.
• SMOOCH to kiss; to kiss and cuddle ...19C colloq.
• SMOODGE to kiss; to kiss and cuddle ...19C colloq.
• SMOODGE to kiss; to kiss and cuddle ...19C colloq.
• SMOUCH to kiss; to kiss and cuddle ...19C colloq.
• SMOUGE to kiss; to kiss and cuddle ...19C colloq.
• SNOG to kiss and cuddle ...1945 UK sl.
• SNOGGLE to cuddle; to snuggle; to kiss and caress ...M20 US sl.
• SNOOGLE to cuddle; to snuggle; to kiss and caress ...M20 US sl.
• SNOOZLE to nestle or cuddle while asleep ...colloq.
• SNUDGE † to lie close and still; to remain snug and quiet; to nestle, to snuggle, to cuddle ...1633 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
CUDDLESOME - adjectives
• HUGSOME of a woman: cuddlesome; sexually attractive ...19C Brit.
CUDDLING - adjectives
• AT IT kissing and cuddling ...19C sl.
cuddling - nouns
• GUZZLING kissing and cuddling ...1930s sl.
• SNOG a passionate kiss; a short but intense period of kissing and cuddling ...1959 UK sl.
CUDGEL - nouns
• ALPEEN a cudgel; a stout-headed stick ...1828 Anglo-Irish
• BALLOW † a cudgel, a stick, a pole ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BASTER a stick or cudgel; a heavy blow ...1726
• BASTINADO a stick, staff, rod, cudgel, truncheon ...1598
• BASTON † a staff or stick used as a weapon or a staff of office; a cudgel, a club, a truncheon ...a1300
• BAT a cudgel, a staff; a thick walking-stick ...1886 Eng. dial.
• BATON † a staff or stick used as a weapon, sometimes also of iron, or iron-tipped; a club, a cudgel, or truncheon ...1548
• BATOON a stout staff or stick used as a weapon; a cudgel, a club, a truncheon ...a1625 arch.
• CRAB-STICK a stick or cudgel of the wood of the crab-tree; a walking-stick made of the wood of the crab-tree; hence, a stick of any kind ...1703
• LICORICE STICK. a billy club; a cudgel ...1954 US sl.
• OAKEN CUDGEL a cudgel ...18C sl.
• OAKEN PLANT a cudgel ...18C sl.
• OAKEN SAPLING a cudgel ...18C sl.
• OAKEN STAFF a cudgel ...18C sl.
• OAKEN TOWEL a cudgel ...18C sl.
• OAK TOWEL an oaken cudgel; a wooden club; a policeman's club ...1859 sl.
• OLD MADGE a cudgel ...M17 sl.
• PODGER a cudgel ...L19 Irish sl.
• RAMPION a stick, a cudgel ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THIVEL a cudgel ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TIPPERARY LAWYER a cudgel ...M19 sl.
• TOWEL a cudgel ...M18 sl.
• WADDIE a club or cudgel ...E19 Aust. sl.
• WADDY a club; a hefty piece of wood suitable for a club; a cudgel ...1809 Aust. sl.
• WALLOPER anything with which one administers a thrashing; a stick, a cudgel ...1832 colloq.
cudgel - person
• WALLOPER anyone who beats up their victims with a cudgel or stick ...E19 sl.
cudgel - verbs
• BASTE to hit repeatedly, to assault by hitting, to beat soundly, to thrash, to flog, to cudgel ...1533
• BAT to cudgel, to thrash, to beat, to hit, to strike ...c1440
• BATON to strike with a baton or truncheon; formerly, to cudgel ...c1580
• BATOON to beat or strike with a 'batoon'; to thrash with a stick, to cudgel ...1683 arch.
• BEBAT † to cudgel ...1565
• BERRY to beat, to cudgel ...1894 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BETHWACK to pelt, to thrash, to cudgel soundly ...1555
• GALLANTIFY †* to soundly cudgel ...1672
• INDORSE to cudgel ...1785 sl.
• LOUNDER to beat severely with heavy strokes; to thrash, thump, cuff, cudgel ...1793 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RIB-ROAST to belabour with a cudgel; to beat soundly, to thrash ...1570 now arch.
• RUB ONE DOWN WITH AN OAKEN TOWEL to cudgel or beat him ...18C sl.
• THRIPPLE to beat, to cudgel ...1691 Eng. dial.
• TOWEL to hit repeatedly; to assault by hitting; to thrash; to beat; to cudgel ...1705 sl.
CUDGELLING - nouns
• BASTINADE a beating with a stick; a cudgelling ... 1660 arch.
• BASTINADO a beating with a stick; a cudgelling ...1594 arch.
• BASTINADOING cudgelling, thrashing; esp. on the soles of the feet ...1614
• BASTING a cudgelling, a beating, a thrashing ...1590
• BASTONADE a beating with a stick; a cudgelling ... 1660 arch.
• NAUPING a thrashing, a cudgelling; chastisement ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RIB-ROAST † a severe beating; a cudgelling ...1595
CUFF (blow) - nouns
• CLUFF a blow with the palm of the hand, esp. on the ear or cheek; a cuff or slap ...1804 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• FAP a blow, a cuff ...1951 Sc.
• HAND-BLOW a blow with the hand; a cuff ...1577-87
• HANDY BLOW a blow with the hand; a cuff ...1587
• KECK a cuff or blow ...1881 Eng. dial.
cuff (blow) - verbs
• CLUFF to strike with the palm of the hand, to cuff or slap ...1825 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• FAP to cuff ...1951 Sc.
CUL-DE-SAC - nouns
• BLIND LANE a cul-de-sac ...c1386
• TURN-AGAIN LANE † a cul-de-sac ...1531
CULL - verbs
• DELIBATE † to take away as a small part; to pluck, to cull ...1655-60
CULMINATION - nouns
• HEADING the process of coming to a head; culmination ...1819
• HEADING-UP the process of coming to a head; culmination ...1857
CULPABLE - adjectives
• FAULTFUL faulty, culpable ...1591
• FAULTWORTHY †* deserving of blame, blameworthy, culpable, reprehensible ...1586
CULPRIT - person
• FAUGHTER † one who commits a fault; a culprit, delinquent, offender ...1535
• FAULTER † one who commits a fault; a culprit, delinquent, offender ...1535
CULT - nouns
• GREBO an urban youth cult favouring heavy metal and punk rock music and frequently characterized by long hair and antisocial attitudes; a member of this cult ...L20
CULTIVATE - verbs
• CHICKER to cultivate ...1916 Amer. dial.
• MANURE † to till, to cultivate land ...a1400
CULTIVATED - adjectives
• FINE-HAIRED cultivated; fastidious; too particular ...1873 Amer. dial.
cultivated - person
• MIDDLEBROW a person of conventional tastes and interests in matters of culture; a moderately cultivated person ...1920 colloq.
CULTIVATED (plants) - adjectives
• SATIVE † adj. sown or planted; cultivated, not wild ...1599
• SATIVOUS † sown or planted; cultivated, not wild ...1786
CULTIVATION - nouns
• MANURANCE † cultivation of land; tillage; manuring ...1572
• MANUREMENT † cultivation ...a1639
CULTURE - person
• CULTURE VULTURE (derogatory) someone eager to acquire culture ...1947 sl., orig. US
• LADY-WIT † an effeminate pretender to culture ...1647
CULTURED - adjectives
• POINTY-HEADED intellectual; cultured ...1968 Amer. sl.
CULVERT - nouns
• NANNY-HOLE a cave; a culvert ...1900 Eng. dial.
• SARN a culvert; a pavement; stepping-stones ...1790 Eng. dial.
• TIN HORN a metal culvert ...1959 Amer. dial.
CUMBROUS - adjectives
• ACCUMBROUS † cumbrous, oppressive, troublesome ...c1392
• MOLIMINOUS † massive, cumbrous ...c1643
• THIMBER † gross, heavy, cumbrous ...1861 Sc.
CUMULATIVE - adjectives
• SUMMARY †* cumulative ...1816
CUNNING - adjectives
• ANCIENT cunning, clever ...1880 Eng. dial.
• ASTUCIOUS astute, subtle, crafty, cunning, shrewd ...1823
• BACK-DOOR mean, stealthy, underhand, devious, cunning, untrustworthy ...Bk1898 N. Ireland
• CAGEY shrewd, cunning, crafty, cautious, wary ...1920s
• CAGY wary, cautious, crafty, cunning, reticent, non-committal ...1893 US colloq.
• CALLENT † crafty, witty, cunning or wise by experience ...1656
• CALLID †* crafty, cunning ...1656
• CANNY † cunning, artful, wily ...a1662 Sc. obs. or arch.
• CAUTELOUS † deceitful, crafty, sly, cunning, artful, wily ...1380s obs. or arch.
• COCUM, COKUM resourceful, cunning ...M19 sl.
• CUNNING AS A MAORI DOG very cunning dead ...c1925 NZ sl.
• CUNNING AS A SHIT-HOUSE RAT very cunning indeed...1957 Aust. sl.
• CUNNING AS A WAGON-LOAD OF MONKEYS, AS very cunning, with a considerable admixture of mischievousness to go with it ...20C colloq.
• CUNNING AS A WHOLE WAGON-LOAD OF MONKEYS, AS very cunning, with a considerable admixture of mischievousness to go with it ...20C colloq.
• DAINY sly, cunning ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DATCHIE sly, cunning ...19C Sc.
• DEEP profoundly cunning, artful, or sly ...1513
• DEEP AS GARLICK artful, cunning ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• DEEP AS GARRATT artful, cunning ...1856 Eng. dial.
• DEEP AS GARRICK artful, cunning ...1882 Eng. dial.
• DEEP AS GARRY artful, cunning ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• DEEP AS THE NORTH artful, cunning ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• DEEP AS THE NORTH STAR artful, cunning ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• DEEP AS WILKES artful, cunning ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• ENGINOUS † clever, ingenious, crafty, cunning; deceitful ...c1325
• FARRAND deep, cunning ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FOSKY foxy, cunning ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• FOXY cunning, perspicacious, shrewd ...M19
• GAFTY sly, tricky, cunning, not to be trusted; mischievous, vicious ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAME of men: cunning, villainous ...E19 sl.
• GINNOUS †* crafty, guileful, cunning ...c1425
• HAIRY clever, sharp, capable; cunning ...Bk1905 N. Ireland
• HIGH-WITTED artful, cunning, sly ...1588
• IKEY (derogatory & offensive) sly, artful, smart, cunning ...1887 sl.
• KNACKETY cunning, resourceful ...L18 sl.
• KNACKY cunning, resourceful ...L18 sl.
• KNAWKY cunning, resourceful ...L18 sl.
• LEARY, LEERY cunning, astute, knowing, artful; wide-awake; alert; cautious, wary ...1718 sl.
• MACHIAVELLIAN preferring expediency to morality; practicing duplicity in statecraft or in general conduct; astute, cunning, intriguing ...1579
• MACHIAVELLIC 'Machiavellian' ...1838
• MACHIAVELLINE †* 'Machiavellian' ...1602
• MACHINOUS †* cunningly contrived ...1633
• MIDDLING-FAUSE cunning ...1874 Eng. dial.
• NARROW-NEBBED stingy, cunning ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NAUKY, NAWKY cunning, resourceful ...L18 sl.
• OLD sly, crafty, cunning, clever ...1722
• OLD-FASHIONED knowing, cunning, intelligent; precocious ...1844 Eng. dial.
• OLDISH cunning, knowing ...1837 Eng. dial.
• OULDISH cunning, knowing ...1837 Eng. dial.
• QUAINT † cunning, crafty, given to scheming or plotting ...a1225
• QUIRKIE, QUIRKY cunning, wily, resourceful, tricky ...1806 Sc.
• QUIRKSOME * cunning, wily, resourceful, tricky ...1896 Sc.
• RANK wild, uncontrollable, mischievous, cunning ...1892 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SCHEMISH cunning ...1980s US Black sl.
• SLEIGHTFUL †* full of craft or artifice; crafty, cunning, artful, dexterous ...1380
• SLIVERLY * cunning, crafty, deceitful, knavish, artful ...1674 Eng. dial.
• SUBDOLOUS * somewhat crafty, sly, cunning, artful, deceitful ...1588
• SUBTILE crafty, artful, sly, cunning ...c1385
• SUBTLE † crafty, cunning; treacherously or wickedly cunning; insidiously sly, wily ...1357
• TACKY tricky, hard to beat, cunning ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• ULYSSEAN characteristic of or resembling Ulysses in craft or deceit, or in extensive wanderings; deceitful, cunning, false ...1639
• UP TO ALL LURKS wide-awake, cunning ...M19 Aust. & NZ sl.
• VAFROUS † sly, cunning, crafty, shifty ...a1548
• VARMENT knowing, clever, cunning ...1829 sl., now Eng. dial.
• VARMINT knowing, clever, cunning ...1829 sl., now Eng. dial.
• VERSUTILOQUENT talking cunningly or craftily ...1727
• VERSUTIOUS † cunning, crafty, wily ...1660
• VETERATORIAN † crafty, cunning, subtle, wily, sly, deceitful; gotten by long use, experienced ...1656
• VILE devilish, cunning ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VULPINARY † crafty, wily, artful, cunning, sly ...1721
• WARE † prudent, sagacious, cunning, skilled ...c888 obs. exc. arch.
• WARE AND WISE † prudent, sagacious, cunning, skilled ...c888 obs. exc. arch.
• YAP clever, cunning; shrewd, astute; nimble, active ...a1300 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YAR(R)Y ready; smart, quick; sharp, cunning; wary ...1842 Eng. dial.
• YAUP clever, cunning; shrewd, astute; nimble, active ...a1300 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YEPE † cunning, crafty, sly, wily ...c1000
cunning - nouns
• ABET † fraud, cunning, wiles ...c1315
• BACK-GATE cunning, deceitful action; immoral or degrading conduct ...1825 Sc.
• CALLIDITY * craftiness, cunning ...1524
• DEAD-KNOWLEDGE deceitfulness, cunning ...Bk1900 Ireland
• DEEPNESS † deep cunning or subtlety ...1526
• FAR-CAST † the act of casting one's thoughts to a distance; forethought, shrewdness, cunning ...c1400
• FAR-CASTING † forethought, cunning ...c1400
• FAR-FETCH † a deeply-laid or cunning stratagem ...a1562
• FAVEL † a personification of cunning or duplicity ...1362
• HAVELON †* cunning, as of a fox; wile, guile; double-dealing ...c1330
• LARRY cunning or deception; also, a deceptive remark ...1859 Amer. criminals' sl.
• MANTICULATION †* cunning or deceitful conveyance ...1623
• OLDNESS cunning ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PANURGY †* craftiness, cunning, deceit, guile, a meddling in all matters ...1656
• QUAINTISE † a device, a stratagem, a trick; an instance of cleverness, cunning, or craft ...1297
• QUEEF a stratagem, a dodge, a trick; a conjuring trick, a piece of sleight of hand; cunning ...1923 Sc.
• SUBTILENESS † cunning, craftiness, slyness ...1474
• SUBTILITY † 1. cunning, craftiness ...1375
† 2. a cunning of crafty scheme; an artifice, a dodge ...1390
• SUBTILTY † 1. cunning, craftiness, guile ...c1374
† 2. a cunning or clever device, artifice, stratagem ...c1386
• SUBTLETY † a wily stratagem or trick, something craftily invented; a crafty or cunning device, an artifice ...1375
• VAIDIE † subtlety, guileful cunning ...c1325 obs.
• WRINKLE a clever device, a cunning trick, or method, esp. a new one ...L16 UK
cunning - person
• CAT a malicious or spiteful woman; a mean, cunning woman; a shrewish man ...1915 Amer. dial.
• CATBIRD a mischievous, sly or cunning person ...1931 Amer. dial.
• DABBER MOLL a cunning woman; a sharper ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• DEAD-KNOWLEDGE MAN a cunning or deceitful man ...1900s Aust. sl.
• FAGEY an over-sharp, cunning person ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FILE a sharp or cunning fellow; broadly, esp. in the military, a fellow, esp. a soldier ...1837 sl.
• FLY MAN a cunning man ...1816 sl.
• GREEK a cunning or wily person; a cheat; a card sharper...E16 archaic
• KNOWING BLADE a sharp fellow, wide awake and cunning ...Bk1890 sl.
• LURKIE a cunning, knowing, wide-awake person up to any trick ...1940s Aust. sl.
• OLD CAT a malicious or spiteful woman; a mean, cunning woman; a shrewish man ...1915 Amer. dial.
• OLDEN a wise or knowing person; a cunning person ...1897 Eng. dial.
• OLD FILE a sharp or cunning person ...1837 sl.
• OLD SOLDIER an experienced, but somewhat cunning man ...E18 sl.
• OLDUN a wise or knowing person; a cunning person ...1897 Eng. dial.
• SHNIDE a cunning person; an untrustworthy person; a contemptible person; an informer ...1950 UK sl.
• SHREWD-HEAD a shrewd, sly or cunning person ...1916 Aust. & NZ sl.
• SHREWDIE a shrewd or cunning person ...1935 NZ sl.
• SHREWDY a shrewd or cunning person ...1935 NZ sl.
• SLY-BOOTS a sly, cunning, or crafty person ...a1700 colloq.
• SLY-CAP † a sly or cunning person ...1681
• SNIDE a cunning person; an untrustworthy person; a two-faced, underhand person; someone who isn't what he seems ...E20 sl. Partridge Concise Slang 2008
• TICKLER a shrewd, cunning person or animal; a difficult person to deal with ...1887 Sc.
• TWICER a cheat or a deceitful or cunning person ...1924 sl.
• VOLPONE † a cunning schemer or miser; a hoarder of wealth ...1710
• WILY-PIE † a crafty or cunning fellow; a sly rogue ...c1450
cunning - verbs
• HAVELON † to be cunning; to act cunningly ...a1300
• MACHIAVELIZE † to practice cunning and duplicity in statecraft or in general conduct ...1611
• MACHIAVELLIANIZE † to practice cunning and duplicity in statecraft or in general conduct ...1656
• MACK to be conspicuously successful, esp. through the use of flattery or deceiving talk; to use one's cunning to advantage ...1991 Amer. sl.
• WORK THE ORACLE to successfully perform something through stealth and cunning or with the aid of an outright lie ...Brit. sl.
CUNNINGLY - adverbs
• SUBTILELY † craftily, cunningly ...c1385 now rare or obs.
• SUBTILLY † craftily, cunningly ...c1385 now rare or obs.
• SUBTLY cleverly, dexterously, skilfully; ingeniously, artfully, cunningly ...c1350 arch.
• YEPLY † cunningly, craftily; shrewdly, sagaciously ...a900
CUP - nouns
• BOWL a drinking vessel, a cup or mug ...1887 Amer. dial.
• FACER † a large cup or tankard; a cup filled to the brim ...1527
• SCAULDEEN a cup ...1867 Ireland
• SCEW a cup or dish ...M16
• SHALE † a dish; a cup; a goblet ...OE
• SKEW † a cup; a wooden dish ...1561 cant
• TAIZIE a cup, a glass; a bowl, a goblet ...1808 Sc.
• TASS a cup, a glass; a bowl, a goblet ...1815 Sc.
• TASSIE a cup, a glass; a bowl, a goblet ...1898 Sc.
CUPBOARD - nouns
• ALMERY, AMBRY, AUMBRY, AUMRY a chest or cupboard where food is kept, a pantry ...1768 Eng. dial.
• BOAL a small press or cupboard in the wall ...1930 Amer. dial.
• CABBER † a corruption of 'cupboard' ...1757 Sc.
• CAP-AMBRY † a press or cupboard, probably used for holding wooden vessel used at meals ... Bk1888 obs. exc. Sc.
• GARDEVIANCE † ventilated cupboard for meat ...1459
• LAMRIE an 'aumry', a cupboard ...1924 Sc.
• LOCKER a cupboard for the storage of foodstuffs; a pantry ...1899 Amer. dial.
• MOTHER HUBBARD a cupboard ...L19 rhyming sl.
• SCOB, SKOB a desk; an oaken chest; a dark cupboard or hole ...1790 Eng. dial.
• THACKER a small open cupboard ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WARESTALL † a store cupboard ...1508 Sc.
CUPFUL - nouns
• THINKLE a glassful or cupful ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
CURABLE - adjectives
• HEALABLE * curable, remediable ...1570
• SANABLE † that may be healed; curable ...1656
curable - nouns
• SANABILITY the state of being curable ...1860
• SANABLENESS † the state of being curable ...1727
CURATE - person
• CODS a nickname for a curate ...L18 sl.
CURATIVE - adjectives
• SANABLE †* that heals or is concerned with healing; curative ...1597
• SANATIVE having the power to heal; promoting health; curative, healing ...a1400
• SANATORY conducive to healing; curative ...a1832
CURB - verbs
• HAMSHACKLE to fetter, to curb, to restrain ...1802
• LANGLE to involve, to encumber, to curb, to restrain, to hamper, to frustrate ...1713 Sc.
• NEW to oppress, to keep under, to master; to curb; to maul ...1768 Sc.
CURDLE - verbs
• ATTER to discharge, as a sore; hence, to clot, to curdle, to cake ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BECLIP † to curdle ...c1400
• BING of milk or cream: to curdle, to turn sour ...1860 Eng. dial.
• BREAK of milk: to curdle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• EARN † to curdle ...1674 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FEATHER of milk or cream: to curdle or form flakes on the surface of coffee or tea ...1816 Amer. dial.
• LAPPER of milk or blood: to clot, to coagulate, to curdle ...1768 Sc.
• LOBBER of milk: to curdle, to coagulate, to sour and become thick ...1856 Amer. dial.
• LOPPER of milk: to curdle, to coagulate, to sour and become thick ...1889 Amer. dial.
• QUAIL † to curdle, to coagulate ...c1430 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUAR † to curdle, to coagulate ...1578 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUARL †* to curdle ...1607
• SAM to cause to coagulate; to make to curdle ...1788 Eng. dial.
• YEARN to coagulate, to curdle ...1371-3 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
CURDLED - adjectives
• QUARRED † clotted, curdled; soured ...1599 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
CURDLING - nouns
• LAPPERING the curdling of milk ...1880 Sc.
CURE - adjectives
• PALLIATE † of a cure: superficial or temporary ...a1625 obs.
• PANCRASTICAL † good for all diseases, of the nature of a panacea ...1698 obs.
cure - nouns
• HALE † health, well-being, welfare; cure, remedy ...a1200 obs.
• HEAL † recovery from sickness, healing, cure ...c1175 obs. exc. Sc.
• HEALTH † healing, cure ...c1000 obs.
• MENDS improvement, cure; amelioration of conduct, health, etc. ...1721 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PANACY †* panacea, a remedy, cure, or medicine reputed to heal all diseases ...a1690
• PANCHREST † a remedy, cure, or medicine reputed to heal all diseases ...1727
• PANCHRESTON † a remedy, cure, or medicine reputed to heal all diseases ...1632
cure - person
• TACHYIATER one who cures speedily ...1898
cure - verbs
• GIVE ONE THE WORKS to give or inflict the complete treatment; to cure, as a doctor ...c1930 sl., orig. US
• LECHNE † to cure, to heal; to administer medicine ...c900
• LEECH * to cure, to heal ...c1200
• PALCH to half-cure a sick person ...1846 Eng. dial.
• PALTCH to half-cure a sick person ...1846 Eng. dial.
• SANE † to cure, to heal ...c1386
• UNBIND † vb. to set free, to cure from sickness or trouble ...c950
• WARISH † to heal, to cure a person of a sickness or trouble ...c1250
CURED - adjectives
• PALCHED half-cured, always ailing, very frail and delicate in constitution, broken down in health ...1891 Eng. dial.
• PALCHY half-cured, always ailing, very frail and delicate in constitution, broken down in health ...1897 Eng. dial.
CURFEW - nouns
• KID WHISTLE a curfew ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CURIO - nouns
• BIBELOT a small curio or artistic trinket ...L19
CURIOSITY - nouns
• INSTANCE an event, occurrence; curiosity ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• QUEERIOSITY curiosity, something strange ...1904 Sc.
• QUID-NUNC-ISM curiosity; love of news or gossip ...1847 nonce word
• QUIDNUNCKERY curiosity; love of news or gossip ...1804 nonce word
• UNCO a strange or unusual thing or tale; a novelty or piece of news; a wonder; a curiosity; generally plural ...1785 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WONDERMENTS curiosities ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
CURIOUS - adjectives
• EXQUISITIVE † eager to discover or learn; tending to search out, bent on searching out; curious ...1818
• FANTASQUE * fanciful, fantastic; curious ...1701
• NEBBY nosy, inquisitive, curious, intrusive ...L19 Ulster & Amer. dial.
• NEBBY-NOSED nosy, inquisitive, curious, intrusive ...1968 Amer. dial.
• POKE-NOSE intrusively inquisitive, prying, curious ...1862 Amer. sl.
• POKE-NOSED intrusively inquisitive, prying, curious ...1942 Amer. sl.
• QUEEROUS curious ...1903 Amer. dial.
• QUERIOUS curious ...1835 Sc.
curious - nouns
• QUEERY a strange or curious circumstance; a queer thing, an oddity ...1835 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• QUERY a strange or curious circumstance; a queer thing ...1835 Sc. & Eng. dial.
curious - person
• FYSIGUNKUS a man devoid of curiosity ...B1900 Sc.
• THUMMART † a term of contempt applied to a curious or peculiar person ...1822 Sc.
CURL - adjectives
• PIRLIE crisp; tending to curl up ...B1900 Sc.
curl - nouns
• BERGER †* a curl of hair ...1690
• HEARTBREAKER a curl, a love-lock ...1663
• MEAT-HOOK a curl on the temple ...1887 Cockneys’ sl.
• QUERL a curl, a twist, a twirl ...1880 US
• QUIRL a curl, a twist, a twirl ...1880 US
curl - verbs
• CRIMPLE † to wrinkle, crumple, crinkle, curl ...c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• INANULATE †* to curl, to form ringlets ...1592
CURLICUE - nouns
• QUIRLICUE a curlicue ...1885
CURLING (game) - nouns
• HACK in curling: a cut made in the ice to keep the player's foot from slipping when delivering the stone ...1811 Sc.
• HEAD-ICE in curling: the ice at the heads or ends of a rink ...1853 Sc.
• QUITING the game of curling ...1811 Sc.
• QUOIT a curling-stone ...1809 Sc.
• QUOITING the game of curling ...1811 Sc.
• QUOITING-STONE * a curling-stone ...1827
• RACK a curling rink; the number of players required to play on a rink ...1784 Sc.
• RIDER in curling: a stone played forcibly which dislodges other stones blocking the tee ...1891 Sc.
• ROAR the noise made by a curling-stone travelling with velocity up the ice ...1853 Sc.
• ROARER a curling-stone moving too fast ...1904 Sc.
• ROARING GAME the game of curling ...1877 Sc.
• ROARING PLAY the game of curling ...1786 Sc.
• ROARING RINK a curling-rink ...1804 Sc.
• ROARING-STONE a curling-stone ...1844 Sc.
curling (game) - verbs
• BREAK AN EGG in curling: to play one stone so as to touch another very gently ...1871 Sc.
• QUOIT to play at the game of curling; to throw curling-stones ...1811 Sc.
• RAISE in curling: to strike and move forward another stone of one's own side towards the tee ...1844 Sc.
• RIDE in curling: to drive one's stone with such force as to carry before it an opponent's stone ...1805 Sc.
• ROAR in curling, of a stone: to make a roaring noise as it moves on the ice with great velocity ...1805 Sc.
CURLING - verbs
• PAMPINULATE † to furnish or deck with minute curling or convoluted threads ...1592 nonce word
CURL UP - verbs
• QUEEL to coil, to curl up; to twist ...1866 Eng. dial.
CURLY - adjectives
• QUIRLICHIE curly, twisted, tangled ...1928 Sc.
curly - nouns
• FARLE curly flakes; anything curly and fluttering, e.g. wisps of cloth, clouds ...1900 Sc.
CURRENCY - nouns
• GANG † currency (of money) ...1488
CURRENT - adjectives
• HEADY of a stream or current: impetuous, violent ...1599
current - nouns
• BABY RIP a small current travelling seaward from shore ...1990 US sl.
• INDRAUGHT a strong current, a vortex ...1795 Sc.
• RACE a strong current in the sea or a river ...1375
• RAT † a strong or rapid current ...1753
• RIDE the swell or current of the sea ...1892 Sc.
• VEIN † a streamlet or rivulet; a current ...1600
CURRY FAVOUR - adjectives
• ADULATORIOUS † servilely flattering, currying favour ...1664
curry favour - nouns
• ASS-KISSING the currying of favour; toadying ...1942 Amer. sl.
• BOOT a fawning or subservient action or remark; an effort to curry favour ...1908 Amer. dial.
• QUILL an attempt to curry favour ...1918 Amer. dial.
curry favour - person
• APPLE-KNOCKER a person who curries favour ...1965 Amer. dial.
• APPLE-PUSHER a person who curries favour ...1965 Amer. dial.
• APPLE-SHINER a person who curries favour ...1935 Amer. dial.
• APPLE-WASHER a person who curries favour ...1965 Amer. dial.
• APPROACHER one who curries favour ...1970 Amer. dial.
• ASS-KISS one who curries favour; a toady ...1966 Amer. dial.
• ASS-KISSER one who abjectly curries favour; a toady ...1766 Amer. sl.
• ASS-LICK one who abjectly curries favour; a toady ...1977 Amer. sl.
• ASS-LICKER one who curries favour; a toady ...1939 Amer. dial.
• ASS-SUCKER one who curries favour; a toady ...1943 Amer. sl.
• ASS WIPE a worthless, contemptible person, esp. if also obsequious; one who curries favour; a toady ...1952 Amer. sl.
• ASS-WIPER one who abjectly curries favour; a toady...1950 Amer. sl.
• A-WIPER one who curries favour; a toady ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BEGGAR a toady; one who tries too hard to gain someone's favour ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BIRD-DOGGER a person who tries too hard to gain somebody else's favour ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BOOTLICK a flattering, fawning, obsequious person; a toady, a sycophant; one who tries to curry favour ...1849 Amer. dial.
• BOOTLICKER a toady; a servile flatterer, one who curries favour ...1846 Brit. sl.
• BROWN a toady, one who curries favour ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BROWNIE a toady, one who curries favour ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BROWN-NOSE a toady, one who curries favour ... 1938 sl., orig. US military usage
• BROWN-NOSER a toady, one who curries favour ... 1950 sl., orig. US military usage
• BROWN PAPER a toady, one who curries favour ...1968 Amer. dial.
• CHEESE-EATER one who curries favour; a toady ...1970 Amer. dial.
• GRAPE PICKER one who curries favour ...1958 Amer. dial.
• HEEL-LICKER one who curries favour, a toady, a sycophant ...1960 Amer. dial.
• INK-HORN a flatterer, one who curries favour ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LICKER one who 'creeps' for favours; a toady ...1970s Brit. sl.
• NOSE BOX a person who tries too hard to gain somebody else's favour ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PECKER-SUCKER one who tries too hard to gain somebody's favour ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PLEASE-MAN †* one who tries to please men; an officious or servile person who courts favour; a sycophantic and servile fawner ...1588
• SCADGE a mean, scrounging person; one who curries favour ...1896 Sc.
curry favour - verbs
• ACE IN to curry favour successfully ...1920s tramps' sl.
• AK to curry favour by obsequious behaviour (Ass-Kiss) ...1939 US sl.
• APPLE UP to curry favour ...1968 Amer. dial.
• APPLEKNOCK to curry favour ...1969 Amer. dial.
• APPLE-SHINE to curry favour ...1969 Amer. dial.
• ASS-KISS to curry favour with in a self-degrading manner; to toady; to behave obsequiously to ...1961 Amer. sl.
• ASS-LICK to curry favour in a self-degrading manner; to toady ...1968 Amer. sl.
• ASS UP TO to curry favour with ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BAIT to curry favour ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BANG EARS to ingratiate oneself with someone by means of flattery or the like; to curry favour ...1946 US Navy & Marine Corps usage
• BONE BOOTLICK to flatter; to curry favour ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BOOT to curry favour ...1946 Amer. dial.
• BOOTLICK to do subservient things to gain one's favour; to seek to ingratiate oneself; to curry favour with, to toady ...1845 Amer. dial.
• BROWN to curry favour, to toady; to be excessively deferential or ingratiating ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BROWNIE to curry favour, to toady; to be excessively deferential or ingratiating ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BROWN to curry favour ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BROWN-NOSE to curry favour, to behave obsequiously ...1935 sl.
• BROWN PAPER to curry favour, to toady; to be excessively deferential or ingratiating ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BUCK to curry favour, to toady ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BUDDY UP to seek friendship for personal gain; to curry favour ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BUTT-SUCK to curry favour with in a self-degrading manner ...1973 Amer. sl.
• CHASE CHEERS to curry favour with the masses ...1930s Aust. sl.
• CHEESE to apple-polish, to play up to, to curry favour, to toady ...1974 Amer. dial.
• CHEW to brown-nose, to curry favour, to toady ...1970 Amer. dial.
• CREEP UP SOMEONE'S ASS to demean oneself as a means of currying favour with someone ...1698 sl.
• DIRTY-NOSE to curry favour ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• EAT CHEESE to curry favour, to toady to, to ingratiate oneself with ...1968 sl.
• FEATHER to pamper, to spoil, to treat well; to curry favour with ...1939 Amer. dial.
• GET IN THE BROWN WITH to curry favour ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOODY UP to curry favour, to toady ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GRAPE UP to curry favour with ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GRAPE UP TO to curry favour with ...1967 Amer. dial.
• HAVE ONE'S NOSE UP SOMEONE'S ASS to curry favour with someone in a blatant manner ...1971 Amer. sl.
• KISS-ASS to curry favour; to act the sycophant ...M20 US sl.
• LICK SOMEONE'S ASS to curry favour with someone, esp. in a blatant or degrading manner; to behave obsequiously towards ...1864 Amer. sl.
• MAKE FAIR WEATHER WITH † to curry favour with ...1598
• MAKE ONE'S ALLEY GOOD to ingratiate oneself; to curry favour by flattering ...1909 Aust. & NZ sl.
• MAKE ONE'S MARBLE GOOD vb. to ingratiate oneself; to curry favour by flattering ...1909 Aust. & NZ sl.
• NOSE to curry favour through obsequious conduct ...1968 US sl.
• PEE-HEE to ingratiate oneself with one's superiors ...1939 sl.
• PENNY-DOG to follow persistently; to fawn on; to pester; to toady, to curry favour ...1914 Amer. dial.
• PENNY-FEIST to follow persistently; to fawn on; to pester; to toady, to curry favour ...1939 Amer. dial.
• PLUCK DINGLES to curry favour ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POLISH UP to curry favour with ...1965 Amer. dial.
• QUILL to toady; to curry favour with ...1918 Amer. dial.
• SCAB of an inmate: to curry favour with the authorities ...1970s NZ prison sl.
• SET UP TO to pay court to a woman; broadly, to curry favour with ...1845 Amer. dial.
• SIT UP TO to pay court to a woman; broadly, to curry favour with ...1845 Amer. dial.
• SUCK ASS to curry favour ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SUCK IN to curry favour with ...1899 Sc.
• SUCK SOMEONE'S ASS to curry favour with someone, esp. in a blatant or degrading manner ...1864 Amer. sl.
• SUCK UP TO to curry favour with; to toady to ...1860 schoolboy sl.
• TOADY to flatter or attend to with servility, to curry favour with ...1827
• TOTE MILK TO to curry favour with ...1967 Amer. dial.
CURSE - adverbs
• WITH A VENGEANCE † with a curse or malediction ...1525
curse - nouns
• BACK-PATER-NOSTER a muttered curse or imprecation ...a1575
• BAD EYE the evil eye; a curse or threatening glance ...1887 Amer. dial., chiefly Black usage
• BADMOUTH a curse, a spell ...1960s sl., orig. US Black & W. Indies
• BAN an imprecation of a curse; an execration or malediction expressing anger ...1596
• BANNING swearing, curses ...1678 Sc.
• HACK an evil spell; a curse ...1962 Amer. dial.
• HEX a magic spell; a curse ...E20
• ILL-WISH a witch's curse; an imprecation ...1870 Sc.
• KAHUNA a spell or curse ...1938 Hawaii
• MALEDICTION the utterance of a curse; the condition of being under a ban or curse ...1447
• MALISON a curse, malediction ...a1300 arch. & Eng. dial.
curse - person
• WARIER † one who curses ...1382
curse - verbs
• ACCURSE † to pronounce or imprecate a curse upon; to devote to perdition, evil, or misery ...c1175 obs. or arch.
• AIR ONE'S LUNGS to complain, to swear, to curse ...1910s US sl.
• BADMOUTH to speak ill of someone; to slander; to curse, to put a spell on ...1941 Amer. dial.
• BAN 1. to curse, to imprecate damnation upon ...a1275 arch.
2. to scold; to chide; to address with angry and maledictory language, to curse, to swear ...1340 Eng. dial.
• BESCROW AND BESCREW to curse ...1952 Amer. dial.
• BESHREW † to invoke evil upon; to wish one all that is bad; to invoke a curse on; to curse, to blame greatly, as the cause of misfortune ...1377
• BIN to curse ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLACKGUARD to talk obscenely; to curse or swear at ...1902 Amer. dial.
• BLAGGARD to talk obscenely; to curse or swear at ...1902 Amer. dial.
• BLAST to damn, to curse ...Bk1994 Amer. sl.
• BLISTER THE AIR to curse or swear violently ...1941 Amer. dial.
• FERHEX to bewitch, to put a curse on ...1935 Amer. dial.
• GIVE A STEADY ONE to growl and curse ...Amer. World War I sl.
• LAY A HEARING ON to abuse verbally; to lay a curse on ...1931 Amer. dial.
• MALEDICT to curse, to execrate ...1780
• MALEDIGHT † to curse ...a1300
• MALISON † to curse; to pronounce a malediction upon ...1588 Sc.
• NEDEUM to mutter curses to oneself ...Bk1905 Sc.
• PUT THE BAD MOUTH ON to put a curse or spell on ...1853 Amer. dial., chiefly Black usage
• RAP to curse ...L16 sl.
• SPLANG to curse ...1970s US Black sl.
• TALK TO THE LORD to use profanity, to curse ...1934 Amer. dial.
curse - interjections/phrases
• BAD SCRANGE TO IT bad luck to it ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• BAD SCRAN TO YOU an imprecation; bad luck to you ...1842 Ireland & Eng. dial.
• MAY YOU HAVE PERPETUAL ITCHING WITHOUT EVER SCRATCHING a humorous curse used by women when they quarrel ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• ORCHIDS TO YOU! a curse; balls to you! ...E20 Brit. sl.
• SORROW BE IN YOUR THROPPLE a malediction, a curse ...1815 Sc.
CURSED - adjectives
• MALEDIGHT † cursed, accursed ...a1300
• WARIED † cursed, accursed...c975
cursed - noun
• MALISON † the state or condition of being cursed ...c1375
CURSING - adjectives
• BLASPHEMATORY † blasphemous; cursing and swearing; using vile reproachful language ...1611
• MALEDICTORY of the nature of a malediction or cursing ...1822
• WARIABLE † deserving of cursing; execrable ...1382
cursing - nouns
• LITTLE CONVERSATION, A cursing and/or swearing ...20C sl.
• MANSING † cursing ...c1290
CURT - adjectives
• SCRAP curt, sharp in speech ...1885 Eng. dial.
curt - nouns
• SNAPHANCE † a snappish retort; a curt, sharp answer; a ready answer or argument ...1598
curt - verbs
• SHORT TALK to talk crossly, rudely, curtly or in a quarrelsome manner to someone ...1931 Amer. dial.
• THROW A WORD TO A PERSON AS IF ONE THREW A BONE TO A DOG to speak curtly and seldom ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
CURTAIL - verbs
• DECURTATE † to cut down, to shorten, to dock, to curtail, to abridge...1623
• DEFALCATE † to take or deduct a part from; to curtail, to reduce ...a1690
• DEFALCE † to take or deduct a part from; to curtail, to reduce ...1651
• PUT ONE'S FOOT DOWN to curtail, to restrict ...1910s sl.
• SCOTCH to stop, to give up; to hinder; to hesitate; to deduct, to curtail ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
CURTAILED - adjectives
• DECURTATE * cut down, shortened, abridged, curtailed ...a1638
• DEFALCATE † curtailed, diminished ...1531
curtailed - phrases
• THERE HAVE BEEN SLANGING-DUES CONCERNED uttered by one who suspects that he has been curtailed of his just share, portion, or right ...c1810 sl.
CURTAILMENT - nouns
• ACCURTATION † shortening, curtailment, abbreviation ...1583
• CASTRATION † decrease or reduction in quantity or amount; curtailment ...1728
• DEFALCATION † diminution or reduction by taking away a part; cutting down, abatement, curtailment ...1476
CURTAIN - nouns
• BOBS window shades ...1916 Amer. dial.
• LACE CURTAIN a window curtain as distinguished from a window shade, irrespective of material ...1926 Amer. dial.
• VALANCE * a short window-curtain ...1726
• VEIL † a curtain or awning ...1781
• WINDOW-CLOTHES † window curtains ...1584-5
CURTSY - nouns
• BECK a nod, a curtsy ...1809 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BOB a curtsy, obeisance, nod ...Bk1911 Sc.
• MANNERS a bow or curtsey ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OBEISANCE a bow, a curtsy ...1899 Eng. dial.
curtsy - verbs
• BECK to nod or bow the head; to curtsy, to make obeisance ...1724 Sc.
• BINK to bend down; to lean forward awkwardly; to curtsy ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOB to curtsy; to bow low ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DROP to bend the knees and lower the body to make a curtsy ...L17
• MAKE ONE'S OBEDIENCE to curtsy ...1828 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OBEISANCE to curtsy, to make a bow ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SADDY to bob up and down; to curtsy like a child ...1859 Amer. dial.
CURTSYING - nouns
• BECKING bowing, curtsying ...1856 Sc.
CURVE, CURVED - adjectives
• BOWSIE curved like a bow ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CURVACIOUS curved ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CURVIFEROUS curved ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CURVULAR curved ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• QUICK of a curve, turn, etc.: sharp ...1725
curve, curved - nouns
• BENT 1. † a piece bent into a curve; a bow ...1521
2. a curved part, a bend, a crook ...1572
• BIGHT a bend, esp. a curve in the animal or human body ...1691 Eng. dial.
• BOUGHT a curve ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOUL anything curved ...Bk1911 Sc.
• RAINBOW something that is curved or crooked...1938 Amer. dial.
• RAMP a curve ...1892 Eng. dial.
• RUNDLE † a coil, curve, spiral ...1565
• SINUOSITY a curve or bend, esp. one of a series; chiefly used in the plural ...1720
curve, curved - verbs
• ADUNCATE to curve inward ...1823
• DECURVE * to curve or bend down ...1835
CURVING - adjectives
• SINUOUS abounding in turns, or curves; curving ...1578
CUSHION - nouns
• BAKER a cushion to sit or kneel upon; anything placed on a form to sit upon ...1859 Eng. dial. sl.
• BANKER a cushion ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• HACOYTE †* a cushion or pillow ...1541
• MARSH FEATHER(S) among loggers: hay used as a mattress or cushion ...1959 Amer. dial.
• QUISHIN a cushion ...1866 Eng. dial.
• QUISSHON a cushion ...1866 Eng. dial.
CUSPIDOR - nouns
• GARBOON a cuspidor, a spittoon ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GOBBOON a cuspidor, a spittoon ...1958 Amer. dial.
• GOBOON a cuspidor, a spittoon ...1930s Amer. dial.
• GOBOON CAN a cuspidor, a spittoon ...1965 Amer. dial.
CUSTODIAN - person
• KEEPERESS * female keeper or custodian; a woman who keeps a man ...1748
• MOP JOCKEY a janitor or custodian ...1958 US sl.
• WARDEN † a custodian of a building, esp. a temple or church ...c1290
CUSTODY - nouns
• BAIL † charge, custody, jurisdiction, power ...a1400
• BAND † confinement, imprisonment, custody ...a1300
• YEMSEL † keeping, care, charge, custody ...c1200 chiefly Sc.
custody - verbs
• BONE to take into custody, to apprehend ...1819 sl.
• HIT THE GROUND to be released from custody ...1962 Amer. prison sl.
• NAP to seize, to catch, to lay hold of a person or thing; to take into custody; to nab, to steal ...1673 sl.
CUSTOM - adjectives
• ILL-CUSTOMED characterized by a bad custom or fashion ...1611
• MALESUETE †* that has contracted an ill habit or custom ...1727
custom - nouns
• ACCUSTOM † custom, habit, habituation ...1523
• ACCUSTOMANCE † customary use or practise; custom, habit ...c1384
• AE † law, esp. the law of nature, or of God; hence, legal custom, rite, marriage ...c975
• AIT a custom, a habit, esp. used of a bad one ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BATE a habit, custom ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• EET habit, custom ...Bk1900 Sc.
• ETT habit, custom ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FARRAND manner, custom, appearance; disposition, nature ...1790 Eng. dial.
• FASHIONS † manners and customs of nations, 'ways' of men ...1555
• GARB † style, manner, fashion; manner of doing anything, style of living, form of behaviour; also, a prevailing mode or custom ...1599
• GARBE † style, manner, fashion; manner of doing anything, style of living, form of behaviour; also, a prevailing mode or custom ...1599
• HANK a habit, custom. practice ...1828 Eng. dial.
• HAS-BEEN ancient rite or custom; an antiquity ...1820 Sc.
• HAUNT † habit, wont, custom, usage ...c1330 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LAITS manners, demeanour, behaviour, habits, customs; bad habits ...1725 Sc.
• LAW † custom, customary rule or usage; habit, practice, 'ways' ...c1175
• LAW OF THE LAND custom of the country ...c1300
• LEATS manners; demeanour; habits, customs ...1725 Sc.
• LEETS manners; demeanour; habits, customs ...1725 Sc.
• MAN-THEWS † human customs, manners ...a1250
• ORDER OF THE DAY the prevailing rule or custom of the time ...1792
• ORDINARY † a prescribed or customary course or procedure; regular custom or wont; habit, usual course ...c1450
• TIDING †* custom, usage ...c1205
• UNTUHTLE † a bad habit or custom ...c1205
CUSTOMARILY - adverbs
• ACCUSTOMABLY customarily, habitually, usually, ordinarily ...c1450 arch.
• ACCUSTOMARILY † usually, customarily ...1662
• HAUNTINGLY † often, frequently, customarily ...c1440
CUSTOMARY - adjectives
• ACCUSTOMABLE † usually practising or practised; habitual, usual, customary, wonted ...1494
• ACCUSTOMARY usual, customary ...1541 arch.
• CONSUETUDINARY according to custom, use, or wont; customary ...1590
• HABITUARY †* of the nature of a habit; fixed by habit; existing as a settled practice; constantly repeated; habitual, customary ...1627
• OLD customary, usual ...1864 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ORDINARY † commonly practised or experienced; common, customary, usual ...1605
• USITATE according to custom; customary, usual ...1885
customary - nouns
• ACCUSTOMANCE † customary use or practice ...LME
• HABITURE †* habitude; customary or habitual mode of behaviour ...1599
• ORDER † regular or customary mode of procedure; a method of action; a customary practice; an established usage ...1461
• ORDINARY, THE what is customary or usual ...L19
customary - verbs
• ACCUSTOM † to make a thing customary, habitual, usual, or familiar; to practise habitually ...1477
CUSTOMER - adjectives
• ACCUSTOMED † frequented by customers ...1690
• ILL-ACCUSTOMED having little custom, little frequented by customers ...1669
• ILL-CUSTOMED having little custom ...1611
customer - person
• ACE a table for one; also, a single customer ...Amer. restaurant usage
• CALLANT † a customer ...E16
• DADDY a customer, a client ...1970s US sl.
• HACK a customer, as in a pub ...1960s NZ sl.
• KITTLE CATTLE awkward customers
• MERCHANT a buyer, a purchaser, a customer ...1831 Sc.
• MOUSE in the used car business: a customer or potential customer 1968 US sl.
• PUNTER a customer or client; often used dismissively ...1965 sl.
• QUAVERER n. a vacillating or uncertain customer ...1979 UK sl.
• REGULAR a regular customer ...a1852
• TAB a customer that. after giving an infinity of trouble, buys precisely nothing ...1935 drapers' & hosiers' usage
• TABBER a customer hard to please ...1935 drapers' usage
• UP a prospective customer ...1942 US sl.
customer - verbs
• TAB of a customer: to give much trouble ...1935 drapery trades usage
CUSTOMER SERVICE - person
• PHONE WENCH a female customer service representative ...1996 US sl.
CUSTOMS - person
• DAMNED SOUL a customs house who 'guards against the crime of perjury, by taking a previous oath, never to swear truly on these occasions' ...1780s sl.
• LAND-SHARK a custom house officer ...19C sl.
• RABBITS a customs officer ...L19 Royal Navy usage
• TIDE-WAITER a customs officer who awaited the arrival of ships (formerly coming in with the tide), and boarded them to prevent the evasion of the custom-house regulations ...1699 now Hist.
CUT - adjectives
• ABSCINDED cut off ...a1733
• HAGGLIE rough, unevenly cut ...1825 Sc.
• HAGGLY rough, bearing the marks of having been unevenly and clumsily cut ...1825 Eng. dial.
• OBTRUNCATE cut short ...1805
• RACED †* scratched; cut, slashed ...1576
• TALLIED † cut, scored, marked ...c1440
• YCUTTE † cut ...c1430
cut - nouns
• ABSCISSION † the state of being cut off; separation and removal ...1633
• BOBO a hurt or sore, an abrasion, a cut ...1969 Amer. dial.
• CARF † cutting, a cut, an incision; a wound ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• EAGLE-HAWK a three-cornered tear in a piece of clothing; a rip, a cut ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GAG a cut or crack in the hands; a deep cut or wound ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GAGGER a deep, ragged cut or wound ...1866 Sc.
• GAIG 1. a cut or crack in the hands ...1825 Sc.
2. a deep, ragged cut or wound ...1866 Sc.
• GARSE † a cut, incision, gash ...a1225
• GEG a cut or crack in the hands; a deep cut or wound ...1825 Sc.
• HAGGER a deep cut such as is made by a knife or other slashing instrument ...1866 Sc.
• HAGGERAL a large, jagged cut ...1866 Sc.
• HAGGLE an uneven cut, a hack ...1929 Sc.
• KERF * the act of cutting or carving; a cut, a stroke ...c1000
• LANCE † a cut, incision, slit ...1669
• MALKY a cut given from a razor as an act of violence; a blow; a beating ...1973 Sc. sl.
• RACE † a cut, slit, mark, scratch ...c1500.
• RASE † 1. the act of scraping or scratching; the fact of being scratched or cut ...1530
† 2. a scratch, a cut, a slit ...1579-80
• RASURE † the act of scraping or shaving; a scratch, mark, cut, slit ...1470-85
• WINKLE-HAWK a tear in the shape of the letter L in a cloth; a rip or cut ...1848 Amer. dial.
cut - verbs
• ABSCIND to cut off ...1657 arch.
• ABSCISE †* to cut off or away ...1612. rare
• AMPUTE † to cut off, to amputate ...1623
• BECARVE † to cut off ...a1000
• BEMANGLE to cut about; to hack, to mangle ...1553-87
• BENOTTE †* to crop or cut close ...1594
• BETRENCH †* to cut up, to carve, to slash ...1656
• BREAK to cut up, to carve ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CAG to tear, to rip; to make an angular tear in cloth; to cut unevenly ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• CANTLE † to cut into quarters or portions, to divide ...1607
• CARVE † to cut; formerly the ordinary word for that action in all its varieties ...c1000
• CHIV to attack with a sharp instrument; to stab; to cut; to slash; used only in regard to an attack upon a human ...1725 criminals' sl.
• CHIVE to attack with a sharp instrument; to stab; to cut; to slash; used only in regard to an attack upon a human ...1725 criminals' sl.
• DECIDE †* to cut off, to separate ...1579
• DECUTE † to cut off ...1623
• DEFALCATE † to cut or lop off; to deduct, to subtract, to abate ...1540-1
• DEFALK † to cut or lop off; to deduct, to subtract, to abate ...1536
• EXECT † to cut off or out ...1641
• FAKE to shoot, to wound, to hit or cut; to poison ...E19 sl.
• GAGGER to cut or wound deeply with the idea of a ragged edge; to cause to project, swell up ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GAIG to cut or wound deeply, with the idea of a ragged edge ...1866 Sc.
• GALLIMAUFRY * to cut up into a hodge-podge ...1831
• HACKER to hack in cutting; to cut or chop small ...1807 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HACKLE to cut roughly; to hackle; to mangle by cutting ...1579-80
• HACKSLAVER to cut roughly ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• HAG to hew; to chop; to cut down with an axe; to hack, to cut clumsily or roughly ...c1400 N. Eng. dial.
• HAGGER to cut, to slice clumsily or unevenly so as to leave a jagged edge; to hack, to mangle ...1866 Sc.
• HAGGLE to mangle with repeated irregular cuts or cutting blows; to cut clumsily with uneven jagged edges; to hack, to mangle, to mutilate; to bungle ...1599
• HASSEL to hack at; to cut with blunt knife and with a sawing motion ...1878 Eng. dial.
• HASSLE to hack at; to cut with blunt knife and with a sawing motion ...1878 Eng. dial.
• JAG to make ragged or uneven by cutting or tearing ...1568
• JAGGER UP to cut raggedly ...1966 Amer. dial.
• JAGGLE to cut badly and unevenly ...Bk1902 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• KAG to tear, to rip; to make an angular tear in cloth; to cut unevenly ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAUNCH † to pierce, to wound; to cut, to slit; to make a wound by piercing ...c1400
• LEACH † to cut meat, etc. in slices; to slice ...a1400 obs. exc. arch.
• MALAHACK to cut or carve in a slovenly, awkward way ...a1825 Eng. dial.
• MALKY to attack and cut someone with a razor; to stab ...1985 Sc. sl.
• MALLYHACK to cut or chop rudely or roughly ...1953 Amer. dial.
• MARTYR to cut down, to mutilate, to disfigure, to torture, to torment; to injure ...1882 Sc.
• MINCH to mince; to cut into very small pieces ...1660 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MINCHICK to cut or break into very small pieces ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MINSH to mince; to cut into very small pieces ...1660 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MOLLYHAWK to cut or chop rudely or roughly ...1901 Amer. dial.
• MAMMOCK to break, tear, or cut into fragments; to shred ...1520 Eng. dial.
• MISGULLY to handle a 'gully' clumsily; to cut in a clumsy manner; to mangle in cutting or carving ...B1900 Sc.
• MOMMOCK to break or cut into pieces; to crumble; to tear; to mangle; to carve awkwardly ...1853 Eng. dial.
• MUMMICK to cut awkwardly; to mess or make a mess of ...1899 Amer. dial.
• MUMMOCK to break or cut into pieces; to crumble; to tear; to mangle; to carve awkwardly ...1853 Eng. dial.
• NATTLE to cut awkwardly, as with a blunt knife ...1866 Sc.
• OBTRUNCATE to cut or lop the head or top of; to top, to decapitate ...1623
• OCHE †* to cut as with a blow; to lop ...a1400
• PERSECATE †* to cut ...1623
• QUINQUESECT to cut into five (equal) parts ...1697
• QUINSE †* to cut, to carve ...1598
• RACE † to scratch or tear with something sharp; to cut or slash ...c1440 obs. exc. techn.
• RAGGLE to make an uneven or ragged cut; to cut jaggedly ...1795 Sc.
• RAISE † to tear; to scratch; to cut ...c1475
• RANCH † to tear, to cut, to scratch ...c1430 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RASE † to scratch or tear with something sharp; to cut, to slit, to slash, esp. the skin or clothing ...c1400
• RASH † to cut, to slash ...a1500
• SAUCIATE †* to wound, to hurt, to cut ...1656
• SCOTTLE to cut badly or wastefully ...1825 Eng. dial.
• SHINGLE to cut; to clip hair ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SKICE †* to slice, to cut ...1600
• SUCCIDE †* to cut off, to shorten ...1432-50
• TAIL † 1. to cut up, to cut to pieces, to slaughter ...c1330
† 2. to cut, esp. to a certain size or shape; to shape, to fashion ...c1400
• TAILYE † to cut; to cut to shape ...1581 Sc.
• TAILZIE † to cut; to cut to shape ...1581 Sc.
• TAME to begin to cut; to cut; to prune ...1873 Eng. dial.
• THWITE to whittle; to pare wood; to cut with a knife, to carve ...1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THWITTLE to whittle, to cut, to carve ...1790 Eng. dial.
• TILL-HEW †* to hew or cut to pieces ...1375
• TO-BRITTEN † to cut in pieces ...c1200
• TO-CARVE † to cut to pieces, to cut up; to cut off ...c950
• TO-CUT † to cut to pieces; to hew asunder; to cut greatly ...1382
• TO-KERVE † to cut to pieces, to cut up; to cut off ...c950.
• TO-SHRED † to cut to shreds ...c1386
• TO-SNED † to cut to pieces ...c1205
• YARB to cut roughly ...BK1905 Eng. dial.
• YARK to break; to cleave; to cut, to chop, to hack ...1827 Sc.
• YERK to break; to cleave; to cut, to chop, to hack ...1827 Sc.
CUTE - adjectives
• CUTESY affectedly cute or coy ...colloq., chiefly US
• DEAD ATTRACTIVE completely cute ...1980 Amer. sl.
• DINKY small and neat; dainty, cute ...L18 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• FINE said of a cute person of the opposite sex ...20C teen & high school sl.
cute - person
• PACKAGE a cute girl; an attractive and usually small, neat woman ...1945 sl.
• PIGEON a woman; a cute girl; a gentle woman ...20C US colloq.
• SKITE a small, cute or mischievous person ...1911 Amer. dial.
CUTLERY - nouns
• FIGHTING IRONS army issue cutlery ...WWII sl.
CUT-THROAT - person
• HACKER † a cut-throat, a bully ...1581
• HACKSTER † a cut-throat; a swaggering ruffian, a swashbuckler ...1581 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• THROAT-CUTTER a cutthroat ...1735 Sc.
CUTTING - nouns
• ABSCISION a cutting off or away ...1594
• ABSCISSION a cutting off or violent separation ...1612
• DEFALCATION the act of cutting or lopping off or taking away; deduction ...1624 arch.
• HAG a cutting, hewing, or felling ...1808 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• KERF * 1. the act of cutting or carving; a cut, a stroke ...c1000
2. a piece or quantity cut off; a cutting of anything ...1678
• LANCEMENT †* the act of lancing or cutting; an incision ...1658
• LANCINATION a cutting, a lancing ...1630
• OFFCUT * the act of cutting off ...1674
• RACING † the act of scratching, cutting, or scraping out ...1576
• SNIPS any cutting tool, as scissors or wire cutters ...1962 US
• SUCCISION †* a felling or lopping down; the act of cutting off or down ...a1626
CUTTING OFF - nouns
• DECISION † a cutting off, separation ...1584
CYCLIST - see BICYCLE
CYCLONE - nouns
• FRAID HOLE a cyclone cellar ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TWISTER a cyclone ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
CZECHOSLOVAKIA - nouns
• CHECK Czechoslovakia ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
Czechoslovakia - person
• BOOTCHKEY (derogatory) a Czechoslovakian ...1945 Amer. dial.
• BUTCHSKI (derogatory) a Czechoslovakian ...1964 Amer. dial.
• BUTCHSKY (derogatory) a Czechoslovakian ...1964 Amer. dial.
• CHESKEY (derogatory) a nickname for a Czechoslovakian ...20C US sl.
• CHESKY a Czech or Bohemian ...1945 Amer. dial.
• CZEZSKI (derogatory) a nickname for a Czechoslovakian ...1964 US sl.
• HEEGAN a Bohemian or Czech ...1916 Amer. dial.
• HEGAN a Bohemian or Czech ...1916 Amer. dial.
• MUSHROOM-PICKER (derogatory) a nickname for a Czechoslovakian ...20C US sl.
• SUGAR-BOWL OF THE WORLD Cuba ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CUBA - nouns, person
• CHICO a Cuban ...1960s US sl.
• RAFTER a Cuban refugee who arrives in Florida after a journey on a raft ...1990s US sl.
• RICAN a Cuban ...1986 Amer. dial.
CUBE - nouns
• DAYLY † a die or a knuckle-bone used as a die; also, a cubical piece of anything, a cube ...c1440
CUCKOLD, CUCKOLDRY - adjectives
• HORN-MAD † mad with rage at having been made a cuckold ...1590
cuckold, cuckoldry - adverbs
• AT THE SIGN OF THE HORN in cuckoldom ...L17 colloq.
cuckold, cuckoldry - nouns
• ACTEON'S BADGE the stigma of cuckoldom ...1596
• HART'S-CREST † the imaginary horns on the forehead of a cuckold ...1600
cuckold, cuckoldry - person
• ACTEON a cuckold ...1596
• BECCO † a cuckold ...1604
• CUCK a cuckold ...E18 sl.
• CUCKQUEAN † a woman whose husband is unfaithful to her; a female cuckold ...1562
• HALF-MOON †* a cuckold ...1659
• HODDY-DODDY † a cuckold; a henpecked man ...1598
• HODDYPEAK † a cuckold ...1500
• ONE OF THE LIVERY a cuckold ...L17 sl.
• RAM-HEAD † a cuckold ...1632
• SUMMER BIRD † a cuckold ...1560
• SUMMER'S BIRD † a cuckold ... a1600
• TUP a cuckold ...E19 Brit. sl.
• UNICORN a cuckold ...17C sl.
cuckold, cuckoldry - verbs
• ABUSE to cheat, to make a cuckold of ...L15 sl.
• ACTAEON † to cuckold ...1615
• ADHORN †* to 'plant horns on'; to cuckold ...1605
• CUCKQUEAN † to make a cuckquean of ...1592
• MAKE A MONSTER OF to cuckold ...L16 sl.
• RAM-HEAD † to make a cuckold of ...1713
• SHOE-HORN to cuckold ...M17 Brit.
cuckold, cuckoldry - phrases
• AT THE SIGN OF THE HORN in cuckoldom ...19C
CUCKOLDED - verbs
• WEAR A FORKER to be cuckolded ...E17
CUCKOO - nouns
• GUCK the cuckoo, Cuculus canorus ...B1900 Sc.
• IDLE the cuckoo ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SUCK-EGG an animal that is reputed to suck eggs, as a weasel, cuckoo ...1851
• WEATHER BIRD a cuckoo ...1951 Amer. dial.
• WEATHER-PROPHET BIRD a cuckoo ...1951 Amer. dial.
• WEATHER VANE a cuckoo ...1951 Amer. dial.
• YEKE † the cuckoo ...c725
cuckoo - verbs
• GALE † of a bird, esp. the cuckoo: to utter its peculiar note ...c1205
CUCUMBER - nouns
• PICKLE a fresh cucumber ...1950 Amer. dial.
• PICKLE-VINE a cucumber plant ...1951 Amer. dial.
• WALLY a pickled cucumber ...L19 sl.
CUDDLE - nouns
• MIX AND MUDDLE a cuddle ...20C rhyming sl.
• SCOTCH GRAVAT a hug or cuddle ...1969 Sc.
• SCOTCH MUFFLER a hug or cuddle ...1969 Sc.
cuddle - person
• MOUSE a small, very feminine girl who invites being cuddled ...1900s sl.
• MUSHER one who kisses and cuddles ...1940s US sl.
cuddle - verbs
• CALOOP to go courting; to kiss and cuddle ...1942 US sl.
• CANOODLE to kiss and cuddle ...1859 sl., orig. US
• CROODLE to cuddle together for warmth; to nestle ...Eng. dial.
• FIRKY-TOODLE to caress; to cuddle or fondle; to indulge in sexual or physically intimate endearments ...18C Brit. sl.
• GRAUNCH to kiss and cuddle someone passionately ...S. Afr.
• HANDLE to put an arm around a girl's waist ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• HUGGLE † to hug, to embrace, to cuddle ..1583 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• KAITLE † to fondle, to cuddle ...1797 Sc.
• LALLIGAG to fool around; to kiss and cuddle ...M19 US sl.
• LALLYGAG to cuddle amorously ...1868 US sl.
• LOLLIGAG to fool around; to kiss and cuddle ...M19 US sl.
• LOLLYGAG to cuddle amorously ...1868 US sl.
• MUSH vb. to kiss and cuddle ...1920s US sl.
• MUSH IT UP to kiss and cuddle ...1920s US sl.
• SMOOCH to kiss; to kiss and cuddle ...19C colloq.
• SMOODGE to kiss; to kiss and cuddle ...19C colloq.
• SMOODGE to kiss; to kiss and cuddle ...19C colloq.
• SMOUCH to kiss; to kiss and cuddle ...19C colloq.
• SMOUGE to kiss; to kiss and cuddle ...19C colloq.
• SNOG to kiss and cuddle ...1945 UK sl.
• SNOGGLE to cuddle; to snuggle; to kiss and caress ...M20 US sl.
• SNOOGLE to cuddle; to snuggle; to kiss and caress ...M20 US sl.
• SNOOZLE to nestle or cuddle while asleep ...colloq.
• SNUDGE † to lie close and still; to remain snug and quiet; to nestle, to snuggle, to cuddle ...1633 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
CUDDLESOME - adjectives
• HUGSOME of a woman: cuddlesome; sexually attractive ...19C Brit.
CUDDLING - adjectives
• AT IT kissing and cuddling ...19C sl.
cuddling - nouns
• GUZZLING kissing and cuddling ...1930s sl.
• SNOG a passionate kiss; a short but intense period of kissing and cuddling ...1959 UK sl.
CUDGEL - nouns
• ALPEEN a cudgel; a stout-headed stick ...1828 Anglo-Irish
• BALLOW † a cudgel, a stick, a pole ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BASTER a stick or cudgel; a heavy blow ...1726
• BASTINADO a stick, staff, rod, cudgel, truncheon ...1598
• BASTON † a staff or stick used as a weapon or a staff of office; a cudgel, a club, a truncheon ...a1300
• BAT a cudgel, a staff; a thick walking-stick ...1886 Eng. dial.
• BATON † a staff or stick used as a weapon, sometimes also of iron, or iron-tipped; a club, a cudgel, or truncheon ...1548
• BATOON a stout staff or stick used as a weapon; a cudgel, a club, a truncheon ...a1625 arch.
• CRAB-STICK a stick or cudgel of the wood of the crab-tree; a walking-stick made of the wood of the crab-tree; hence, a stick of any kind ...1703
• LICORICE STICK. a billy club; a cudgel ...1954 US sl.
• OAKEN CUDGEL a cudgel ...18C sl.
• OAKEN PLANT a cudgel ...18C sl.
• OAKEN SAPLING a cudgel ...18C sl.
• OAKEN STAFF a cudgel ...18C sl.
• OAKEN TOWEL a cudgel ...18C sl.
• OAK TOWEL an oaken cudgel; a wooden club; a policeman's club ...1859 sl.
• OLD MADGE a cudgel ...M17 sl.
• PODGER a cudgel ...L19 Irish sl.
• RAMPION a stick, a cudgel ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THIVEL a cudgel ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TIPPERARY LAWYER a cudgel ...M19 sl.
• TOWEL a cudgel ...M18 sl.
• WADDIE a club or cudgel ...E19 Aust. sl.
• WADDY a club; a hefty piece of wood suitable for a club; a cudgel ...1809 Aust. sl.
• WALLOPER anything with which one administers a thrashing; a stick, a cudgel ...1832 colloq.
cudgel - person
• WALLOPER anyone who beats up their victims with a cudgel or stick ...E19 sl.
cudgel - verbs
• BASTE to hit repeatedly, to assault by hitting, to beat soundly, to thrash, to flog, to cudgel ...1533
• BAT to cudgel, to thrash, to beat, to hit, to strike ...c1440
• BATON to strike with a baton or truncheon; formerly, to cudgel ...c1580
• BATOON to beat or strike with a 'batoon'; to thrash with a stick, to cudgel ...1683 arch.
• BEBAT † to cudgel ...1565
• BERRY to beat, to cudgel ...1894 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BETHWACK to pelt, to thrash, to cudgel soundly ...1555
• GALLANTIFY †* to soundly cudgel ...1672
• INDORSE to cudgel ...1785 sl.
• LOUNDER to beat severely with heavy strokes; to thrash, thump, cuff, cudgel ...1793 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RIB-ROAST to belabour with a cudgel; to beat soundly, to thrash ...1570 now arch.
• RUB ONE DOWN WITH AN OAKEN TOWEL to cudgel or beat him ...18C sl.
• THRIPPLE to beat, to cudgel ...1691 Eng. dial.
• TOWEL to hit repeatedly; to assault by hitting; to thrash; to beat; to cudgel ...1705 sl.
CUDGELLING - nouns
• BASTINADE a beating with a stick; a cudgelling ... 1660 arch.
• BASTINADO a beating with a stick; a cudgelling ...1594 arch.
• BASTINADOING cudgelling, thrashing; esp. on the soles of the feet ...1614
• BASTING a cudgelling, a beating, a thrashing ...1590
• BASTONADE a beating with a stick; a cudgelling ... 1660 arch.
• NAUPING a thrashing, a cudgelling; chastisement ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RIB-ROAST † a severe beating; a cudgelling ...1595
CUFF (blow) - nouns
• CLUFF a blow with the palm of the hand, esp. on the ear or cheek; a cuff or slap ...1804 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• FAP a blow, a cuff ...1951 Sc.
• HAND-BLOW a blow with the hand; a cuff ...1577-87
• HANDY BLOW a blow with the hand; a cuff ...1587
• KECK a cuff or blow ...1881 Eng. dial.
cuff (blow) - verbs
• CLUFF to strike with the palm of the hand, to cuff or slap ...1825 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• FAP to cuff ...1951 Sc.
CUL-DE-SAC - nouns
• BLIND LANE a cul-de-sac ...c1386
• TURN-AGAIN LANE † a cul-de-sac ...1531
CULL - verbs
• DELIBATE † to take away as a small part; to pluck, to cull ...1655-60
CULMINATION - nouns
• HEADING the process of coming to a head; culmination ...1819
• HEADING-UP the process of coming to a head; culmination ...1857
CULPABLE - adjectives
• FAULTFUL faulty, culpable ...1591
• FAULTWORTHY †* deserving of blame, blameworthy, culpable, reprehensible ...1586
CULPRIT - person
• FAUGHTER † one who commits a fault; a culprit, delinquent, offender ...1535
• FAULTER † one who commits a fault; a culprit, delinquent, offender ...1535
CULT - nouns
• GREBO an urban youth cult favouring heavy metal and punk rock music and frequently characterized by long hair and antisocial attitudes; a member of this cult ...L20
CULTIVATE - verbs
• CHICKER to cultivate ...1916 Amer. dial.
• MANURE † to till, to cultivate land ...a1400
CULTIVATED - adjectives
• FINE-HAIRED cultivated; fastidious; too particular ...1873 Amer. dial.
cultivated - person
• MIDDLEBROW a person of conventional tastes and interests in matters of culture; a moderately cultivated person ...1920 colloq.
CULTIVATED (plants) - adjectives
• SATIVE † adj. sown or planted; cultivated, not wild ...1599
• SATIVOUS † sown or planted; cultivated, not wild ...1786
CULTIVATION - nouns
• MANURANCE † cultivation of land; tillage; manuring ...1572
• MANUREMENT † cultivation ...a1639
CULTURE - person
• CULTURE VULTURE (derogatory) someone eager to acquire culture ...1947 sl., orig. US
• LADY-WIT † an effeminate pretender to culture ...1647
CULTURED - adjectives
• POINTY-HEADED intellectual; cultured ...1968 Amer. sl.
CULVERT - nouns
• NANNY-HOLE a cave; a culvert ...1900 Eng. dial.
• SARN a culvert; a pavement; stepping-stones ...1790 Eng. dial.
• TIN HORN a metal culvert ...1959 Amer. dial.
CUMBROUS - adjectives
• ACCUMBROUS † cumbrous, oppressive, troublesome ...c1392
• MOLIMINOUS † massive, cumbrous ...c1643
• THIMBER † gross, heavy, cumbrous ...1861 Sc.
CUMULATIVE - adjectives
• SUMMARY †* cumulative ...1816
CUNNING - adjectives
• ANCIENT cunning, clever ...1880 Eng. dial.
• ASTUCIOUS astute, subtle, crafty, cunning, shrewd ...1823
• BACK-DOOR mean, stealthy, underhand, devious, cunning, untrustworthy ...Bk1898 N. Ireland
• CAGEY shrewd, cunning, crafty, cautious, wary ...1920s
• CAGY wary, cautious, crafty, cunning, reticent, non-committal ...1893 US colloq.
• CALLENT † crafty, witty, cunning or wise by experience ...1656
• CALLID †* crafty, cunning ...1656
• CANNY † cunning, artful, wily ...a1662 Sc. obs. or arch.
• CAUTELOUS † deceitful, crafty, sly, cunning, artful, wily ...1380s obs. or arch.
• COCUM, COKUM resourceful, cunning ...M19 sl.
• CUNNING AS A MAORI DOG very cunning dead ...c1925 NZ sl.
• CUNNING AS A SHIT-HOUSE RAT very cunning indeed...1957 Aust. sl.
• CUNNING AS A WAGON-LOAD OF MONKEYS, AS very cunning, with a considerable admixture of mischievousness to go with it ...20C colloq.
• CUNNING AS A WHOLE WAGON-LOAD OF MONKEYS, AS very cunning, with a considerable admixture of mischievousness to go with it ...20C colloq.
• DAINY sly, cunning ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DATCHIE sly, cunning ...19C Sc.
• DEEP profoundly cunning, artful, or sly ...1513
• DEEP AS GARLICK artful, cunning ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• DEEP AS GARRATT artful, cunning ...1856 Eng. dial.
• DEEP AS GARRICK artful, cunning ...1882 Eng. dial.
• DEEP AS GARRY artful, cunning ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• DEEP AS THE NORTH artful, cunning ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• DEEP AS THE NORTH STAR artful, cunning ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• DEEP AS WILKES artful, cunning ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• ENGINOUS † clever, ingenious, crafty, cunning; deceitful ...c1325
• FARRAND deep, cunning ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FOSKY foxy, cunning ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• FOXY cunning, perspicacious, shrewd ...M19
• GAFTY sly, tricky, cunning, not to be trusted; mischievous, vicious ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAME of men: cunning, villainous ...E19 sl.
• GINNOUS †* crafty, guileful, cunning ...c1425
• HAIRY clever, sharp, capable; cunning ...Bk1905 N. Ireland
• HIGH-WITTED artful, cunning, sly ...1588
• IKEY (derogatory & offensive) sly, artful, smart, cunning ...1887 sl.
• KNACKETY cunning, resourceful ...L18 sl.
• KNACKY cunning, resourceful ...L18 sl.
• KNAWKY cunning, resourceful ...L18 sl.
• LEARY, LEERY cunning, astute, knowing, artful; wide-awake; alert; cautious, wary ...1718 sl.
• MACHIAVELLIAN preferring expediency to morality; practicing duplicity in statecraft or in general conduct; astute, cunning, intriguing ...1579
• MACHIAVELLIC 'Machiavellian' ...1838
• MACHIAVELLINE †* 'Machiavellian' ...1602
• MACHINOUS †* cunningly contrived ...1633
• MIDDLING-FAUSE cunning ...1874 Eng. dial.
• NARROW-NEBBED stingy, cunning ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NAUKY, NAWKY cunning, resourceful ...L18 sl.
• OLD sly, crafty, cunning, clever ...1722
• OLD-FASHIONED knowing, cunning, intelligent; precocious ...1844 Eng. dial.
• OLDISH cunning, knowing ...1837 Eng. dial.
• OULDISH cunning, knowing ...1837 Eng. dial.
• QUAINT † cunning, crafty, given to scheming or plotting ...a1225
• QUIRKIE, QUIRKY cunning, wily, resourceful, tricky ...1806 Sc.
• QUIRKSOME * cunning, wily, resourceful, tricky ...1896 Sc.
• RANK wild, uncontrollable, mischievous, cunning ...1892 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SCHEMISH cunning ...1980s US Black sl.
• SLEIGHTFUL †* full of craft or artifice; crafty, cunning, artful, dexterous ...1380
• SLIVERLY * cunning, crafty, deceitful, knavish, artful ...1674 Eng. dial.
• SUBDOLOUS * somewhat crafty, sly, cunning, artful, deceitful ...1588
• SUBTILE crafty, artful, sly, cunning ...c1385
• SUBTLE † crafty, cunning; treacherously or wickedly cunning; insidiously sly, wily ...1357
• TACKY tricky, hard to beat, cunning ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• ULYSSEAN characteristic of or resembling Ulysses in craft or deceit, or in extensive wanderings; deceitful, cunning, false ...1639
• UP TO ALL LURKS wide-awake, cunning ...M19 Aust. & NZ sl.
• VAFROUS † sly, cunning, crafty, shifty ...a1548
• VARMENT knowing, clever, cunning ...1829 sl., now Eng. dial.
• VARMINT knowing, clever, cunning ...1829 sl., now Eng. dial.
• VERSUTILOQUENT talking cunningly or craftily ...1727
• VERSUTIOUS † cunning, crafty, wily ...1660
• VETERATORIAN † crafty, cunning, subtle, wily, sly, deceitful; gotten by long use, experienced ...1656
• VILE devilish, cunning ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VULPINARY † crafty, wily, artful, cunning, sly ...1721
• WARE † prudent, sagacious, cunning, skilled ...c888 obs. exc. arch.
• WARE AND WISE † prudent, sagacious, cunning, skilled ...c888 obs. exc. arch.
• YAP clever, cunning; shrewd, astute; nimble, active ...a1300 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YAR(R)Y ready; smart, quick; sharp, cunning; wary ...1842 Eng. dial.
• YAUP clever, cunning; shrewd, astute; nimble, active ...a1300 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YEPE † cunning, crafty, sly, wily ...c1000
cunning - nouns
• ABET † fraud, cunning, wiles ...c1315
• BACK-GATE cunning, deceitful action; immoral or degrading conduct ...1825 Sc.
• CALLIDITY * craftiness, cunning ...1524
• DEAD-KNOWLEDGE deceitfulness, cunning ...Bk1900 Ireland
• DEEPNESS † deep cunning or subtlety ...1526
• FAR-CAST † the act of casting one's thoughts to a distance; forethought, shrewdness, cunning ...c1400
• FAR-CASTING † forethought, cunning ...c1400
• FAR-FETCH † a deeply-laid or cunning stratagem ...a1562
• FAVEL † a personification of cunning or duplicity ...1362
• HAVELON †* cunning, as of a fox; wile, guile; double-dealing ...c1330
• LARRY cunning or deception; also, a deceptive remark ...1859 Amer. criminals' sl.
• MANTICULATION †* cunning or deceitful conveyance ...1623
• OLDNESS cunning ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PANURGY †* craftiness, cunning, deceit, guile, a meddling in all matters ...1656
• QUAINTISE † a device, a stratagem, a trick; an instance of cleverness, cunning, or craft ...1297
• QUEEF a stratagem, a dodge, a trick; a conjuring trick, a piece of sleight of hand; cunning ...1923 Sc.
• SUBTILENESS † cunning, craftiness, slyness ...1474
• SUBTILITY † 1. cunning, craftiness ...1375
† 2. a cunning of crafty scheme; an artifice, a dodge ...1390
• SUBTILTY † 1. cunning, craftiness, guile ...c1374
† 2. a cunning or clever device, artifice, stratagem ...c1386
• SUBTLETY † a wily stratagem or trick, something craftily invented; a crafty or cunning device, an artifice ...1375
• VAIDIE † subtlety, guileful cunning ...c1325 obs.
• WRINKLE a clever device, a cunning trick, or method, esp. a new one ...L16 UK
cunning - person
• CAT a malicious or spiteful woman; a mean, cunning woman; a shrewish man ...1915 Amer. dial.
• CATBIRD a mischievous, sly or cunning person ...1931 Amer. dial.
• DABBER MOLL a cunning woman; a sharper ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• DEAD-KNOWLEDGE MAN a cunning or deceitful man ...1900s Aust. sl.
• FAGEY an over-sharp, cunning person ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FILE a sharp or cunning fellow; broadly, esp. in the military, a fellow, esp. a soldier ...1837 sl.
• FLY MAN a cunning man ...1816 sl.
• GREEK a cunning or wily person; a cheat; a card sharper...E16 archaic
• KNOWING BLADE a sharp fellow, wide awake and cunning ...Bk1890 sl.
• LURKIE a cunning, knowing, wide-awake person up to any trick ...1940s Aust. sl.
• OLD CAT a malicious or spiteful woman; a mean, cunning woman; a shrewish man ...1915 Amer. dial.
• OLDEN a wise or knowing person; a cunning person ...1897 Eng. dial.
• OLD FILE a sharp or cunning person ...1837 sl.
• OLD SOLDIER an experienced, but somewhat cunning man ...E18 sl.
• OLDUN a wise or knowing person; a cunning person ...1897 Eng. dial.
• SHNIDE a cunning person; an untrustworthy person; a contemptible person; an informer ...1950 UK sl.
• SHREWD-HEAD a shrewd, sly or cunning person ...1916 Aust. & NZ sl.
• SHREWDIE a shrewd or cunning person ...1935 NZ sl.
• SHREWDY a shrewd or cunning person ...1935 NZ sl.
• SLY-BOOTS a sly, cunning, or crafty person ...a1700 colloq.
• SLY-CAP † a sly or cunning person ...1681
• SNIDE a cunning person; an untrustworthy person; a two-faced, underhand person; someone who isn't what he seems ...E20 sl. Partridge Concise Slang 2008
• TICKLER a shrewd, cunning person or animal; a difficult person to deal with ...1887 Sc.
• TWICER a cheat or a deceitful or cunning person ...1924 sl.
• VOLPONE † a cunning schemer or miser; a hoarder of wealth ...1710
• WILY-PIE † a crafty or cunning fellow; a sly rogue ...c1450
cunning - verbs
• HAVELON † to be cunning; to act cunningly ...a1300
• MACHIAVELIZE † to practice cunning and duplicity in statecraft or in general conduct ...1611
• MACHIAVELLIANIZE † to practice cunning and duplicity in statecraft or in general conduct ...1656
• MACK to be conspicuously successful, esp. through the use of flattery or deceiving talk; to use one's cunning to advantage ...1991 Amer. sl.
• WORK THE ORACLE to successfully perform something through stealth and cunning or with the aid of an outright lie ...Brit. sl.
CUNNINGLY - adverbs
• SUBTILELY † craftily, cunningly ...c1385 now rare or obs.
• SUBTILLY † craftily, cunningly ...c1385 now rare or obs.
• SUBTLY cleverly, dexterously, skilfully; ingeniously, artfully, cunningly ...c1350 arch.
• YEPLY † cunningly, craftily; shrewdly, sagaciously ...a900
CUP - nouns
• BOWL a drinking vessel, a cup or mug ...1887 Amer. dial.
• FACER † a large cup or tankard; a cup filled to the brim ...1527
• SCAULDEEN a cup ...1867 Ireland
• SCEW a cup or dish ...M16
• SHALE † a dish; a cup; a goblet ...OE
• SKEW † a cup; a wooden dish ...1561 cant
• TAIZIE a cup, a glass; a bowl, a goblet ...1808 Sc.
• TASS a cup, a glass; a bowl, a goblet ...1815 Sc.
• TASSIE a cup, a glass; a bowl, a goblet ...1898 Sc.
CUPBOARD - nouns
• ALMERY, AMBRY, AUMBRY, AUMRY a chest or cupboard where food is kept, a pantry ...1768 Eng. dial.
• BOAL a small press or cupboard in the wall ...1930 Amer. dial.
• CABBER † a corruption of 'cupboard' ...1757 Sc.
• CAP-AMBRY † a press or cupboard, probably used for holding wooden vessel used at meals ... Bk1888 obs. exc. Sc.
• GARDEVIANCE † ventilated cupboard for meat ...1459
• LAMRIE an 'aumry', a cupboard ...1924 Sc.
• LOCKER a cupboard for the storage of foodstuffs; a pantry ...1899 Amer. dial.
• MOTHER HUBBARD a cupboard ...L19 rhyming sl.
• SCOB, SKOB a desk; an oaken chest; a dark cupboard or hole ...1790 Eng. dial.
• THACKER a small open cupboard ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WARESTALL † a store cupboard ...1508 Sc.
CUPFUL - nouns
• THINKLE a glassful or cupful ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
CURABLE - adjectives
• HEALABLE * curable, remediable ...1570
• SANABLE † that may be healed; curable ...1656
curable - nouns
• SANABILITY the state of being curable ...1860
• SANABLENESS † the state of being curable ...1727
CURATE - person
• CODS a nickname for a curate ...L18 sl.
CURATIVE - adjectives
• SANABLE †* that heals or is concerned with healing; curative ...1597
• SANATIVE having the power to heal; promoting health; curative, healing ...a1400
• SANATORY conducive to healing; curative ...a1832
CURB - verbs
• HAMSHACKLE to fetter, to curb, to restrain ...1802
• LANGLE to involve, to encumber, to curb, to restrain, to hamper, to frustrate ...1713 Sc.
• NEW to oppress, to keep under, to master; to curb; to maul ...1768 Sc.
CURDLE - verbs
• ATTER to discharge, as a sore; hence, to clot, to curdle, to cake ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BECLIP † to curdle ...c1400
• BING of milk or cream: to curdle, to turn sour ...1860 Eng. dial.
• BREAK of milk: to curdle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• EARN † to curdle ...1674 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FEATHER of milk or cream: to curdle or form flakes on the surface of coffee or tea ...1816 Amer. dial.
• LAPPER of milk or blood: to clot, to coagulate, to curdle ...1768 Sc.
• LOBBER of milk: to curdle, to coagulate, to sour and become thick ...1856 Amer. dial.
• LOPPER of milk: to curdle, to coagulate, to sour and become thick ...1889 Amer. dial.
• QUAIL † to curdle, to coagulate ...c1430 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUAR † to curdle, to coagulate ...1578 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUARL †* to curdle ...1607
• SAM to cause to coagulate; to make to curdle ...1788 Eng. dial.
• YEARN to coagulate, to curdle ...1371-3 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
CURDLED - adjectives
• QUARRED † clotted, curdled; soured ...1599 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
CURDLING - nouns
• LAPPERING the curdling of milk ...1880 Sc.
CURE - adjectives
• PALLIATE † of a cure: superficial or temporary ...a1625 obs.
• PANCRASTICAL † good for all diseases, of the nature of a panacea ...1698 obs.
cure - nouns
• HALE † health, well-being, welfare; cure, remedy ...a1200 obs.
• HEAL † recovery from sickness, healing, cure ...c1175 obs. exc. Sc.
• HEALTH † healing, cure ...c1000 obs.
• MENDS improvement, cure; amelioration of conduct, health, etc. ...1721 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PANACY †* panacea, a remedy, cure, or medicine reputed to heal all diseases ...a1690
• PANCHREST † a remedy, cure, or medicine reputed to heal all diseases ...1727
• PANCHRESTON † a remedy, cure, or medicine reputed to heal all diseases ...1632
cure - person
• TACHYIATER one who cures speedily ...1898
cure - verbs
• GIVE ONE THE WORKS to give or inflict the complete treatment; to cure, as a doctor ...c1930 sl., orig. US
• LECHNE † to cure, to heal; to administer medicine ...c900
• LEECH * to cure, to heal ...c1200
• PALCH to half-cure a sick person ...1846 Eng. dial.
• PALTCH to half-cure a sick person ...1846 Eng. dial.
• SANE † to cure, to heal ...c1386
• UNBIND † vb. to set free, to cure from sickness or trouble ...c950
• WARISH † to heal, to cure a person of a sickness or trouble ...c1250
CURED - adjectives
• PALCHED half-cured, always ailing, very frail and delicate in constitution, broken down in health ...1891 Eng. dial.
• PALCHY half-cured, always ailing, very frail and delicate in constitution, broken down in health ...1897 Eng. dial.
CURFEW - nouns
• KID WHISTLE a curfew ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CURIO - nouns
• BIBELOT a small curio or artistic trinket ...L19
CURIOSITY - nouns
• INSTANCE an event, occurrence; curiosity ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• QUEERIOSITY curiosity, something strange ...1904 Sc.
• QUID-NUNC-ISM curiosity; love of news or gossip ...1847 nonce word
• QUIDNUNCKERY curiosity; love of news or gossip ...1804 nonce word
• UNCO a strange or unusual thing or tale; a novelty or piece of news; a wonder; a curiosity; generally plural ...1785 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WONDERMENTS curiosities ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
CURIOUS - adjectives
• EXQUISITIVE † eager to discover or learn; tending to search out, bent on searching out; curious ...1818
• FANTASQUE * fanciful, fantastic; curious ...1701
• NEBBY nosy, inquisitive, curious, intrusive ...L19 Ulster & Amer. dial.
• NEBBY-NOSED nosy, inquisitive, curious, intrusive ...1968 Amer. dial.
• POKE-NOSE intrusively inquisitive, prying, curious ...1862 Amer. sl.
• POKE-NOSED intrusively inquisitive, prying, curious ...1942 Amer. sl.
• QUEEROUS curious ...1903 Amer. dial.
• QUERIOUS curious ...1835 Sc.
curious - nouns
• QUEERY a strange or curious circumstance; a queer thing, an oddity ...1835 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• QUERY a strange or curious circumstance; a queer thing ...1835 Sc. & Eng. dial.
curious - person
• FYSIGUNKUS a man devoid of curiosity ...B1900 Sc.
• THUMMART † a term of contempt applied to a curious or peculiar person ...1822 Sc.
CURL - adjectives
• PIRLIE crisp; tending to curl up ...B1900 Sc.
curl - nouns
• BERGER †* a curl of hair ...1690
• HEARTBREAKER a curl, a love-lock ...1663
• MEAT-HOOK a curl on the temple ...1887 Cockneys’ sl.
• QUERL a curl, a twist, a twirl ...1880 US
• QUIRL a curl, a twist, a twirl ...1880 US
curl - verbs
• CRIMPLE † to wrinkle, crumple, crinkle, curl ...c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• INANULATE †* to curl, to form ringlets ...1592
CURLICUE - nouns
• QUIRLICUE a curlicue ...1885
CURLING (game) - nouns
• HACK in curling: a cut made in the ice to keep the player's foot from slipping when delivering the stone ...1811 Sc.
• HEAD-ICE in curling: the ice at the heads or ends of a rink ...1853 Sc.
• QUITING the game of curling ...1811 Sc.
• QUOIT a curling-stone ...1809 Sc.
• QUOITING the game of curling ...1811 Sc.
• QUOITING-STONE * a curling-stone ...1827
• RACK a curling rink; the number of players required to play on a rink ...1784 Sc.
• RIDER in curling: a stone played forcibly which dislodges other stones blocking the tee ...1891 Sc.
• ROAR the noise made by a curling-stone travelling with velocity up the ice ...1853 Sc.
• ROARER a curling-stone moving too fast ...1904 Sc.
• ROARING GAME the game of curling ...1877 Sc.
• ROARING PLAY the game of curling ...1786 Sc.
• ROARING RINK a curling-rink ...1804 Sc.
• ROARING-STONE a curling-stone ...1844 Sc.
curling (game) - verbs
• BREAK AN EGG in curling: to play one stone so as to touch another very gently ...1871 Sc.
• QUOIT to play at the game of curling; to throw curling-stones ...1811 Sc.
• RAISE in curling: to strike and move forward another stone of one's own side towards the tee ...1844 Sc.
• RIDE in curling: to drive one's stone with such force as to carry before it an opponent's stone ...1805 Sc.
• ROAR in curling, of a stone: to make a roaring noise as it moves on the ice with great velocity ...1805 Sc.
CURLING - verbs
• PAMPINULATE † to furnish or deck with minute curling or convoluted threads ...1592 nonce word
CURL UP - verbs
• QUEEL to coil, to curl up; to twist ...1866 Eng. dial.
CURLY - adjectives
• QUIRLICHIE curly, twisted, tangled ...1928 Sc.
curly - nouns
• FARLE curly flakes; anything curly and fluttering, e.g. wisps of cloth, clouds ...1900 Sc.
CURRENCY - nouns
• GANG † currency (of money) ...1488
CURRENT - adjectives
• HEADY of a stream or current: impetuous, violent ...1599
current - nouns
• BABY RIP a small current travelling seaward from shore ...1990 US sl.
• INDRAUGHT a strong current, a vortex ...1795 Sc.
• RACE a strong current in the sea or a river ...1375
• RAT † a strong or rapid current ...1753
• RIDE the swell or current of the sea ...1892 Sc.
• VEIN † a streamlet or rivulet; a current ...1600
CURRY FAVOUR - adjectives
• ADULATORIOUS † servilely flattering, currying favour ...1664
curry favour - nouns
• ASS-KISSING the currying of favour; toadying ...1942 Amer. sl.
• BOOT a fawning or subservient action or remark; an effort to curry favour ...1908 Amer. dial.
• QUILL an attempt to curry favour ...1918 Amer. dial.
curry favour - person
• APPLE-KNOCKER a person who curries favour ...1965 Amer. dial.
• APPLE-PUSHER a person who curries favour ...1965 Amer. dial.
• APPLE-SHINER a person who curries favour ...1935 Amer. dial.
• APPLE-WASHER a person who curries favour ...1965 Amer. dial.
• APPROACHER one who curries favour ...1970 Amer. dial.
• ASS-KISS one who curries favour; a toady ...1966 Amer. dial.
• ASS-KISSER one who abjectly curries favour; a toady ...1766 Amer. sl.
• ASS-LICK one who abjectly curries favour; a toady ...1977 Amer. sl.
• ASS-LICKER one who curries favour; a toady ...1939 Amer. dial.
• ASS-SUCKER one who curries favour; a toady ...1943 Amer. sl.
• ASS WIPE a worthless, contemptible person, esp. if also obsequious; one who curries favour; a toady ...1952 Amer. sl.
• ASS-WIPER one who abjectly curries favour; a toady...1950 Amer. sl.
• A-WIPER one who curries favour; a toady ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BEGGAR a toady; one who tries too hard to gain someone's favour ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BIRD-DOGGER a person who tries too hard to gain somebody else's favour ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BOOTLICK a flattering, fawning, obsequious person; a toady, a sycophant; one who tries to curry favour ...1849 Amer. dial.
• BOOTLICKER a toady; a servile flatterer, one who curries favour ...1846 Brit. sl.
• BROWN a toady, one who curries favour ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BROWNIE a toady, one who curries favour ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BROWN-NOSE a toady, one who curries favour ... 1938 sl., orig. US military usage
• BROWN-NOSER a toady, one who curries favour ... 1950 sl., orig. US military usage
• BROWN PAPER a toady, one who curries favour ...1968 Amer. dial.
• CHEESE-EATER one who curries favour; a toady ...1970 Amer. dial.
• GRAPE PICKER one who curries favour ...1958 Amer. dial.
• HEEL-LICKER one who curries favour, a toady, a sycophant ...1960 Amer. dial.
• INK-HORN a flatterer, one who curries favour ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LICKER one who 'creeps' for favours; a toady ...1970s Brit. sl.
• NOSE BOX a person who tries too hard to gain somebody else's favour ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PECKER-SUCKER one who tries too hard to gain somebody's favour ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PLEASE-MAN †* one who tries to please men; an officious or servile person who courts favour; a sycophantic and servile fawner ...1588
• SCADGE a mean, scrounging person; one who curries favour ...1896 Sc.
curry favour - verbs
• ACE IN to curry favour successfully ...1920s tramps' sl.
• AK to curry favour by obsequious behaviour (Ass-Kiss) ...1939 US sl.
• APPLE UP to curry favour ...1968 Amer. dial.
• APPLEKNOCK to curry favour ...1969 Amer. dial.
• APPLE-SHINE to curry favour ...1969 Amer. dial.
• ASS-KISS to curry favour with in a self-degrading manner; to toady; to behave obsequiously to ...1961 Amer. sl.
• ASS-LICK to curry favour in a self-degrading manner; to toady ...1968 Amer. sl.
• ASS UP TO to curry favour with ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BAIT to curry favour ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BANG EARS to ingratiate oneself with someone by means of flattery or the like; to curry favour ...1946 US Navy & Marine Corps usage
• BONE BOOTLICK to flatter; to curry favour ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BOOT to curry favour ...1946 Amer. dial.
• BOOTLICK to do subservient things to gain one's favour; to seek to ingratiate oneself; to curry favour with, to toady ...1845 Amer. dial.
• BROWN to curry favour, to toady; to be excessively deferential or ingratiating ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BROWNIE to curry favour, to toady; to be excessively deferential or ingratiating ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BROWN to curry favour ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BROWN-NOSE to curry favour, to behave obsequiously ...1935 sl.
• BROWN PAPER to curry favour, to toady; to be excessively deferential or ingratiating ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BUCK to curry favour, to toady ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BUDDY UP to seek friendship for personal gain; to curry favour ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BUTT-SUCK to curry favour with in a self-degrading manner ...1973 Amer. sl.
• CHASE CHEERS to curry favour with the masses ...1930s Aust. sl.
• CHEESE to apple-polish, to play up to, to curry favour, to toady ...1974 Amer. dial.
• CHEW to brown-nose, to curry favour, to toady ...1970 Amer. dial.
• CREEP UP SOMEONE'S ASS to demean oneself as a means of currying favour with someone ...1698 sl.
• DIRTY-NOSE to curry favour ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• EAT CHEESE to curry favour, to toady to, to ingratiate oneself with ...1968 sl.
• FEATHER to pamper, to spoil, to treat well; to curry favour with ...1939 Amer. dial.
• GET IN THE BROWN WITH to curry favour ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOODY UP to curry favour, to toady ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GRAPE UP to curry favour with ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GRAPE UP TO to curry favour with ...1967 Amer. dial.
• HAVE ONE'S NOSE UP SOMEONE'S ASS to curry favour with someone in a blatant manner ...1971 Amer. sl.
• KISS-ASS to curry favour; to act the sycophant ...M20 US sl.
• LICK SOMEONE'S ASS to curry favour with someone, esp. in a blatant or degrading manner; to behave obsequiously towards ...1864 Amer. sl.
• MAKE FAIR WEATHER WITH † to curry favour with ...1598
• MAKE ONE'S ALLEY GOOD to ingratiate oneself; to curry favour by flattering ...1909 Aust. & NZ sl.
• MAKE ONE'S MARBLE GOOD vb. to ingratiate oneself; to curry favour by flattering ...1909 Aust. & NZ sl.
• NOSE to curry favour through obsequious conduct ...1968 US sl.
• PEE-HEE to ingratiate oneself with one's superiors ...1939 sl.
• PENNY-DOG to follow persistently; to fawn on; to pester; to toady, to curry favour ...1914 Amer. dial.
• PENNY-FEIST to follow persistently; to fawn on; to pester; to toady, to curry favour ...1939 Amer. dial.
• PLUCK DINGLES to curry favour ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POLISH UP to curry favour with ...1965 Amer. dial.
• QUILL to toady; to curry favour with ...1918 Amer. dial.
• SCAB of an inmate: to curry favour with the authorities ...1970s NZ prison sl.
• SET UP TO to pay court to a woman; broadly, to curry favour with ...1845 Amer. dial.
• SIT UP TO to pay court to a woman; broadly, to curry favour with ...1845 Amer. dial.
• SUCK ASS to curry favour ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SUCK IN to curry favour with ...1899 Sc.
• SUCK SOMEONE'S ASS to curry favour with someone, esp. in a blatant or degrading manner ...1864 Amer. sl.
• SUCK UP TO to curry favour with; to toady to ...1860 schoolboy sl.
• TOADY to flatter or attend to with servility, to curry favour with ...1827
• TOTE MILK TO to curry favour with ...1967 Amer. dial.
CURSE - adverbs
• WITH A VENGEANCE † with a curse or malediction ...1525
curse - nouns
• BACK-PATER-NOSTER a muttered curse or imprecation ...a1575
• BAD EYE the evil eye; a curse or threatening glance ...1887 Amer. dial., chiefly Black usage
• BADMOUTH a curse, a spell ...1960s sl., orig. US Black & W. Indies
• BAN an imprecation of a curse; an execration or malediction expressing anger ...1596
• BANNING swearing, curses ...1678 Sc.
• HACK an evil spell; a curse ...1962 Amer. dial.
• HEX a magic spell; a curse ...E20
• ILL-WISH a witch's curse; an imprecation ...1870 Sc.
• KAHUNA a spell or curse ...1938 Hawaii
• MALEDICTION the utterance of a curse; the condition of being under a ban or curse ...1447
• MALISON a curse, malediction ...a1300 arch. & Eng. dial.
curse - person
• WARIER † one who curses ...1382
curse - verbs
• ACCURSE † to pronounce or imprecate a curse upon; to devote to perdition, evil, or misery ...c1175 obs. or arch.
• AIR ONE'S LUNGS to complain, to swear, to curse ...1910s US sl.
• BADMOUTH to speak ill of someone; to slander; to curse, to put a spell on ...1941 Amer. dial.
• BAN 1. to curse, to imprecate damnation upon ...a1275 arch.
2. to scold; to chide; to address with angry and maledictory language, to curse, to swear ...1340 Eng. dial.
• BESCROW AND BESCREW to curse ...1952 Amer. dial.
• BESHREW † to invoke evil upon; to wish one all that is bad; to invoke a curse on; to curse, to blame greatly, as the cause of misfortune ...1377
• BIN to curse ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLACKGUARD to talk obscenely; to curse or swear at ...1902 Amer. dial.
• BLAGGARD to talk obscenely; to curse or swear at ...1902 Amer. dial.
• BLAST to damn, to curse ...Bk1994 Amer. sl.
• BLISTER THE AIR to curse or swear violently ...1941 Amer. dial.
• FERHEX to bewitch, to put a curse on ...1935 Amer. dial.
• GIVE A STEADY ONE to growl and curse ...Amer. World War I sl.
• LAY A HEARING ON to abuse verbally; to lay a curse on ...1931 Amer. dial.
• MALEDICT to curse, to execrate ...1780
• MALEDIGHT † to curse ...a1300
• MALISON † to curse; to pronounce a malediction upon ...1588 Sc.
• NEDEUM to mutter curses to oneself ...Bk1905 Sc.
• PUT THE BAD MOUTH ON to put a curse or spell on ...1853 Amer. dial., chiefly Black usage
• RAP to curse ...L16 sl.
• SPLANG to curse ...1970s US Black sl.
• TALK TO THE LORD to use profanity, to curse ...1934 Amer. dial.
curse - interjections/phrases
• BAD SCRANGE TO IT bad luck to it ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• BAD SCRAN TO YOU an imprecation; bad luck to you ...1842 Ireland & Eng. dial.
• MAY YOU HAVE PERPETUAL ITCHING WITHOUT EVER SCRATCHING a humorous curse used by women when they quarrel ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• ORCHIDS TO YOU! a curse; balls to you! ...E20 Brit. sl.
• SORROW BE IN YOUR THROPPLE a malediction, a curse ...1815 Sc.
CURSED - adjectives
• MALEDIGHT † cursed, accursed ...a1300
• WARIED † cursed, accursed...c975
cursed - noun
• MALISON † the state or condition of being cursed ...c1375
CURSING - adjectives
• BLASPHEMATORY † blasphemous; cursing and swearing; using vile reproachful language ...1611
• MALEDICTORY of the nature of a malediction or cursing ...1822
• WARIABLE † deserving of cursing; execrable ...1382
cursing - nouns
• LITTLE CONVERSATION, A cursing and/or swearing ...20C sl.
• MANSING † cursing ...c1290
CURT - adjectives
• SCRAP curt, sharp in speech ...1885 Eng. dial.
curt - nouns
• SNAPHANCE † a snappish retort; a curt, sharp answer; a ready answer or argument ...1598
curt - verbs
• SHORT TALK to talk crossly, rudely, curtly or in a quarrelsome manner to someone ...1931 Amer. dial.
• THROW A WORD TO A PERSON AS IF ONE THREW A BONE TO A DOG to speak curtly and seldom ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
CURTAIL - verbs
• DECURTATE † to cut down, to shorten, to dock, to curtail, to abridge...1623
• DEFALCATE † to take or deduct a part from; to curtail, to reduce ...a1690
• DEFALCE † to take or deduct a part from; to curtail, to reduce ...1651
• PUT ONE'S FOOT DOWN to curtail, to restrict ...1910s sl.
• SCOTCH to stop, to give up; to hinder; to hesitate; to deduct, to curtail ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
CURTAILED - adjectives
• DECURTATE * cut down, shortened, abridged, curtailed ...a1638
• DEFALCATE † curtailed, diminished ...1531
curtailed - phrases
• THERE HAVE BEEN SLANGING-DUES CONCERNED uttered by one who suspects that he has been curtailed of his just share, portion, or right ...c1810 sl.
CURTAILMENT - nouns
• ACCURTATION † shortening, curtailment, abbreviation ...1583
• CASTRATION † decrease or reduction in quantity or amount; curtailment ...1728
• DEFALCATION † diminution or reduction by taking away a part; cutting down, abatement, curtailment ...1476
CURTAIN - nouns
• BOBS window shades ...1916 Amer. dial.
• LACE CURTAIN a window curtain as distinguished from a window shade, irrespective of material ...1926 Amer. dial.
• VALANCE * a short window-curtain ...1726
• VEIL † a curtain or awning ...1781
• WINDOW-CLOTHES † window curtains ...1584-5
CURTSY - nouns
• BECK a nod, a curtsy ...1809 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BOB a curtsy, obeisance, nod ...Bk1911 Sc.
• MANNERS a bow or curtsey ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OBEISANCE a bow, a curtsy ...1899 Eng. dial.
curtsy - verbs
• BECK to nod or bow the head; to curtsy, to make obeisance ...1724 Sc.
• BINK to bend down; to lean forward awkwardly; to curtsy ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOB to curtsy; to bow low ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DROP to bend the knees and lower the body to make a curtsy ...L17
• MAKE ONE'S OBEDIENCE to curtsy ...1828 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OBEISANCE to curtsy, to make a bow ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SADDY to bob up and down; to curtsy like a child ...1859 Amer. dial.
CURTSYING - nouns
• BECKING bowing, curtsying ...1856 Sc.
CURVE, CURVED - adjectives
• BOWSIE curved like a bow ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CURVACIOUS curved ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CURVIFEROUS curved ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CURVULAR curved ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• QUICK of a curve, turn, etc.: sharp ...1725
curve, curved - nouns
• BENT 1. † a piece bent into a curve; a bow ...1521
2. a curved part, a bend, a crook ...1572
• BIGHT a bend, esp. a curve in the animal or human body ...1691 Eng. dial.
• BOUGHT a curve ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOUL anything curved ...Bk1911 Sc.
• RAINBOW something that is curved or crooked...1938 Amer. dial.
• RAMP a curve ...1892 Eng. dial.
• RUNDLE † a coil, curve, spiral ...1565
• SINUOSITY a curve or bend, esp. one of a series; chiefly used in the plural ...1720
curve, curved - verbs
• ADUNCATE to curve inward ...1823
• DECURVE * to curve or bend down ...1835
CURVING - adjectives
• SINUOUS abounding in turns, or curves; curving ...1578
CUSHION - nouns
• BAKER a cushion to sit or kneel upon; anything placed on a form to sit upon ...1859 Eng. dial. sl.
• BANKER a cushion ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• HACOYTE †* a cushion or pillow ...1541
• MARSH FEATHER(S) among loggers: hay used as a mattress or cushion ...1959 Amer. dial.
• QUISHIN a cushion ...1866 Eng. dial.
• QUISSHON a cushion ...1866 Eng. dial.
CUSPIDOR - nouns
• GARBOON a cuspidor, a spittoon ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GOBBOON a cuspidor, a spittoon ...1958 Amer. dial.
• GOBOON a cuspidor, a spittoon ...1930s Amer. dial.
• GOBOON CAN a cuspidor, a spittoon ...1965 Amer. dial.
CUSTODIAN - person
• KEEPERESS * female keeper or custodian; a woman who keeps a man ...1748
• MOP JOCKEY a janitor or custodian ...1958 US sl.
• WARDEN † a custodian of a building, esp. a temple or church ...c1290
CUSTODY - nouns
• BAIL † charge, custody, jurisdiction, power ...a1400
• BAND † confinement, imprisonment, custody ...a1300
• YEMSEL † keeping, care, charge, custody ...c1200 chiefly Sc.
custody - verbs
• BONE to take into custody, to apprehend ...1819 sl.
• HIT THE GROUND to be released from custody ...1962 Amer. prison sl.
• NAP to seize, to catch, to lay hold of a person or thing; to take into custody; to nab, to steal ...1673 sl.
CUSTOM - adjectives
• ILL-CUSTOMED characterized by a bad custom or fashion ...1611
• MALESUETE †* that has contracted an ill habit or custom ...1727
custom - nouns
• ACCUSTOM † custom, habit, habituation ...1523
• ACCUSTOMANCE † customary use or practise; custom, habit ...c1384
• AE † law, esp. the law of nature, or of God; hence, legal custom, rite, marriage ...c975
• AIT a custom, a habit, esp. used of a bad one ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BATE a habit, custom ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• EET habit, custom ...Bk1900 Sc.
• ETT habit, custom ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FARRAND manner, custom, appearance; disposition, nature ...1790 Eng. dial.
• FASHIONS † manners and customs of nations, 'ways' of men ...1555
• GARB † style, manner, fashion; manner of doing anything, style of living, form of behaviour; also, a prevailing mode or custom ...1599
• GARBE † style, manner, fashion; manner of doing anything, style of living, form of behaviour; also, a prevailing mode or custom ...1599
• HANK a habit, custom. practice ...1828 Eng. dial.
• HAS-BEEN ancient rite or custom; an antiquity ...1820 Sc.
• HAUNT † habit, wont, custom, usage ...c1330 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LAITS manners, demeanour, behaviour, habits, customs; bad habits ...1725 Sc.
• LAW † custom, customary rule or usage; habit, practice, 'ways' ...c1175
• LAW OF THE LAND custom of the country ...c1300
• LEATS manners; demeanour; habits, customs ...1725 Sc.
• LEETS manners; demeanour; habits, customs ...1725 Sc.
• MAN-THEWS † human customs, manners ...a1250
• ORDER OF THE DAY the prevailing rule or custom of the time ...1792
• ORDINARY † a prescribed or customary course or procedure; regular custom or wont; habit, usual course ...c1450
• TIDING †* custom, usage ...c1205
• UNTUHTLE † a bad habit or custom ...c1205
CUSTOMARILY - adverbs
• ACCUSTOMABLY customarily, habitually, usually, ordinarily ...c1450 arch.
• ACCUSTOMARILY † usually, customarily ...1662
• HAUNTINGLY † often, frequently, customarily ...c1440
CUSTOMARY - adjectives
• ACCUSTOMABLE † usually practising or practised; habitual, usual, customary, wonted ...1494
• ACCUSTOMARY usual, customary ...1541 arch.
• CONSUETUDINARY according to custom, use, or wont; customary ...1590
• HABITUARY †* of the nature of a habit; fixed by habit; existing as a settled practice; constantly repeated; habitual, customary ...1627
• OLD customary, usual ...1864 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ORDINARY † commonly practised or experienced; common, customary, usual ...1605
• USITATE according to custom; customary, usual ...1885
customary - nouns
• ACCUSTOMANCE † customary use or practice ...LME
• HABITURE †* habitude; customary or habitual mode of behaviour ...1599
• ORDER † regular or customary mode of procedure; a method of action; a customary practice; an established usage ...1461
• ORDINARY, THE what is customary or usual ...L19
customary - verbs
• ACCUSTOM † to make a thing customary, habitual, usual, or familiar; to practise habitually ...1477
CUSTOMER - adjectives
• ACCUSTOMED † frequented by customers ...1690
• ILL-ACCUSTOMED having little custom, little frequented by customers ...1669
• ILL-CUSTOMED having little custom ...1611
customer - person
• ACE a table for one; also, a single customer ...Amer. restaurant usage
• CALLANT † a customer ...E16
• DADDY a customer, a client ...1970s US sl.
• HACK a customer, as in a pub ...1960s NZ sl.
• KITTLE CATTLE awkward customers
• MERCHANT a buyer, a purchaser, a customer ...1831 Sc.
• MOUSE in the used car business: a customer or potential customer 1968 US sl.
• PUNTER a customer or client; often used dismissively ...1965 sl.
• QUAVERER n. a vacillating or uncertain customer ...1979 UK sl.
• REGULAR a regular customer ...a1852
• TAB a customer that. after giving an infinity of trouble, buys precisely nothing ...1935 drapers' & hosiers' usage
• TABBER a customer hard to please ...1935 drapers' usage
• UP a prospective customer ...1942 US sl.
customer - verbs
• TAB of a customer: to give much trouble ...1935 drapery trades usage
CUSTOMER SERVICE - person
• PHONE WENCH a female customer service representative ...1996 US sl.
CUSTOMS - person
• DAMNED SOUL a customs house who 'guards against the crime of perjury, by taking a previous oath, never to swear truly on these occasions' ...1780s sl.
• LAND-SHARK a custom house officer ...19C sl.
• RABBITS a customs officer ...L19 Royal Navy usage
• TIDE-WAITER a customs officer who awaited the arrival of ships (formerly coming in with the tide), and boarded them to prevent the evasion of the custom-house regulations ...1699 now Hist.
CUT - adjectives
• ABSCINDED cut off ...a1733
• HAGGLIE rough, unevenly cut ...1825 Sc.
• HAGGLY rough, bearing the marks of having been unevenly and clumsily cut ...1825 Eng. dial.
• OBTRUNCATE cut short ...1805
• RACED †* scratched; cut, slashed ...1576
• TALLIED † cut, scored, marked ...c1440
• YCUTTE † cut ...c1430
cut - nouns
• ABSCISSION † the state of being cut off; separation and removal ...1633
• BOBO a hurt or sore, an abrasion, a cut ...1969 Amer. dial.
• CARF † cutting, a cut, an incision; a wound ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• EAGLE-HAWK a three-cornered tear in a piece of clothing; a rip, a cut ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GAG a cut or crack in the hands; a deep cut or wound ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GAGGER a deep, ragged cut or wound ...1866 Sc.
• GAIG 1. a cut or crack in the hands ...1825 Sc.
2. a deep, ragged cut or wound ...1866 Sc.
• GARSE † a cut, incision, gash ...a1225
• GEG a cut or crack in the hands; a deep cut or wound ...1825 Sc.
• HAGGER a deep cut such as is made by a knife or other slashing instrument ...1866 Sc.
• HAGGERAL a large, jagged cut ...1866 Sc.
• HAGGLE an uneven cut, a hack ...1929 Sc.
• KERF * the act of cutting or carving; a cut, a stroke ...c1000
• LANCE † a cut, incision, slit ...1669
• MALKY a cut given from a razor as an act of violence; a blow; a beating ...1973 Sc. sl.
• RACE † a cut, slit, mark, scratch ...c1500.
• RASE † 1. the act of scraping or scratching; the fact of being scratched or cut ...1530
† 2. a scratch, a cut, a slit ...1579-80
• RASURE † the act of scraping or shaving; a scratch, mark, cut, slit ...1470-85
• WINKLE-HAWK a tear in the shape of the letter L in a cloth; a rip or cut ...1848 Amer. dial.
cut - verbs
• ABSCIND to cut off ...1657 arch.
• ABSCISE †* to cut off or away ...1612. rare
• AMPUTE † to cut off, to amputate ...1623
• BECARVE † to cut off ...a1000
• BEMANGLE to cut about; to hack, to mangle ...1553-87
• BENOTTE †* to crop or cut close ...1594
• BETRENCH †* to cut up, to carve, to slash ...1656
• BREAK to cut up, to carve ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CAG to tear, to rip; to make an angular tear in cloth; to cut unevenly ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• CANTLE † to cut into quarters or portions, to divide ...1607
• CARVE † to cut; formerly the ordinary word for that action in all its varieties ...c1000
• CHIV to attack with a sharp instrument; to stab; to cut; to slash; used only in regard to an attack upon a human ...1725 criminals' sl.
• CHIVE to attack with a sharp instrument; to stab; to cut; to slash; used only in regard to an attack upon a human ...1725 criminals' sl.
• DECIDE †* to cut off, to separate ...1579
• DECUTE † to cut off ...1623
• DEFALCATE † to cut or lop off; to deduct, to subtract, to abate ...1540-1
• DEFALK † to cut or lop off; to deduct, to subtract, to abate ...1536
• EXECT † to cut off or out ...1641
• FAKE to shoot, to wound, to hit or cut; to poison ...E19 sl.
• GAGGER to cut or wound deeply with the idea of a ragged edge; to cause to project, swell up ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GAIG to cut or wound deeply, with the idea of a ragged edge ...1866 Sc.
• GALLIMAUFRY * to cut up into a hodge-podge ...1831
• HACKER to hack in cutting; to cut or chop small ...1807 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HACKLE to cut roughly; to hackle; to mangle by cutting ...1579-80
• HACKSLAVER to cut roughly ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• HAG to hew; to chop; to cut down with an axe; to hack, to cut clumsily or roughly ...c1400 N. Eng. dial.
• HAGGER to cut, to slice clumsily or unevenly so as to leave a jagged edge; to hack, to mangle ...1866 Sc.
• HAGGLE to mangle with repeated irregular cuts or cutting blows; to cut clumsily with uneven jagged edges; to hack, to mangle, to mutilate; to bungle ...1599
• HASSEL to hack at; to cut with blunt knife and with a sawing motion ...1878 Eng. dial.
• HASSLE to hack at; to cut with blunt knife and with a sawing motion ...1878 Eng. dial.
• JAG to make ragged or uneven by cutting or tearing ...1568
• JAGGER UP to cut raggedly ...1966 Amer. dial.
• JAGGLE to cut badly and unevenly ...Bk1902 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• KAG to tear, to rip; to make an angular tear in cloth; to cut unevenly ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAUNCH † to pierce, to wound; to cut, to slit; to make a wound by piercing ...c1400
• LEACH † to cut meat, etc. in slices; to slice ...a1400 obs. exc. arch.
• MALAHACK to cut or carve in a slovenly, awkward way ...a1825 Eng. dial.
• MALKY to attack and cut someone with a razor; to stab ...1985 Sc. sl.
• MALLYHACK to cut or chop rudely or roughly ...1953 Amer. dial.
• MARTYR to cut down, to mutilate, to disfigure, to torture, to torment; to injure ...1882 Sc.
• MINCH to mince; to cut into very small pieces ...1660 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MINCHICK to cut or break into very small pieces ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MINSH to mince; to cut into very small pieces ...1660 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MOLLYHAWK to cut or chop rudely or roughly ...1901 Amer. dial.
• MAMMOCK to break, tear, or cut into fragments; to shred ...1520 Eng. dial.
• MISGULLY to handle a 'gully' clumsily; to cut in a clumsy manner; to mangle in cutting or carving ...B1900 Sc.
• MOMMOCK to break or cut into pieces; to crumble; to tear; to mangle; to carve awkwardly ...1853 Eng. dial.
• MUMMICK to cut awkwardly; to mess or make a mess of ...1899 Amer. dial.
• MUMMOCK to break or cut into pieces; to crumble; to tear; to mangle; to carve awkwardly ...1853 Eng. dial.
• NATTLE to cut awkwardly, as with a blunt knife ...1866 Sc.
• OBTRUNCATE to cut or lop the head or top of; to top, to decapitate ...1623
• OCHE †* to cut as with a blow; to lop ...a1400
• PERSECATE †* to cut ...1623
• QUINQUESECT to cut into five (equal) parts ...1697
• QUINSE †* to cut, to carve ...1598
• RACE † to scratch or tear with something sharp; to cut or slash ...c1440 obs. exc. techn.
• RAGGLE to make an uneven or ragged cut; to cut jaggedly ...1795 Sc.
• RAISE † to tear; to scratch; to cut ...c1475
• RANCH † to tear, to cut, to scratch ...c1430 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RASE † to scratch or tear with something sharp; to cut, to slit, to slash, esp. the skin or clothing ...c1400
• RASH † to cut, to slash ...a1500
• SAUCIATE †* to wound, to hurt, to cut ...1656
• SCOTTLE to cut badly or wastefully ...1825 Eng. dial.
• SHINGLE to cut; to clip hair ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SKICE †* to slice, to cut ...1600
• SUCCIDE †* to cut off, to shorten ...1432-50
• TAIL † 1. to cut up, to cut to pieces, to slaughter ...c1330
† 2. to cut, esp. to a certain size or shape; to shape, to fashion ...c1400
• TAILYE † to cut; to cut to shape ...1581 Sc.
• TAILZIE † to cut; to cut to shape ...1581 Sc.
• TAME to begin to cut; to cut; to prune ...1873 Eng. dial.
• THWITE to whittle; to pare wood; to cut with a knife, to carve ...1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THWITTLE to whittle, to cut, to carve ...1790 Eng. dial.
• TILL-HEW †* to hew or cut to pieces ...1375
• TO-BRITTEN † to cut in pieces ...c1200
• TO-CARVE † to cut to pieces, to cut up; to cut off ...c950
• TO-CUT † to cut to pieces; to hew asunder; to cut greatly ...1382
• TO-KERVE † to cut to pieces, to cut up; to cut off ...c950.
• TO-SHRED † to cut to shreds ...c1386
• TO-SNED † to cut to pieces ...c1205
• YARB to cut roughly ...BK1905 Eng. dial.
• YARK to break; to cleave; to cut, to chop, to hack ...1827 Sc.
• YERK to break; to cleave; to cut, to chop, to hack ...1827 Sc.
CUTE - adjectives
• CUTESY affectedly cute or coy ...colloq., chiefly US
• DEAD ATTRACTIVE completely cute ...1980 Amer. sl.
• DINKY small and neat; dainty, cute ...L18 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• FINE said of a cute person of the opposite sex ...20C teen & high school sl.
cute - person
• PACKAGE a cute girl; an attractive and usually small, neat woman ...1945 sl.
• PIGEON a woman; a cute girl; a gentle woman ...20C US colloq.
• SKITE a small, cute or mischievous person ...1911 Amer. dial.
CUTLERY - nouns
• FIGHTING IRONS army issue cutlery ...WWII sl.
CUT-THROAT - person
• HACKER † a cut-throat, a bully ...1581
• HACKSTER † a cut-throat; a swaggering ruffian, a swashbuckler ...1581 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• THROAT-CUTTER a cutthroat ...1735 Sc.
CUTTING - nouns
• ABSCISION a cutting off or away ...1594
• ABSCISSION a cutting off or violent separation ...1612
• DEFALCATION the act of cutting or lopping off or taking away; deduction ...1624 arch.
• HAG a cutting, hewing, or felling ...1808 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• KERF * 1. the act of cutting or carving; a cut, a stroke ...c1000
2. a piece or quantity cut off; a cutting of anything ...1678
• LANCEMENT †* the act of lancing or cutting; an incision ...1658
• LANCINATION a cutting, a lancing ...1630
• OFFCUT * the act of cutting off ...1674
• RACING † the act of scratching, cutting, or scraping out ...1576
• SNIPS any cutting tool, as scissors or wire cutters ...1962 US
• SUCCISION †* a felling or lopping down; the act of cutting off or down ...a1626
CUTTING OFF - nouns
• DECISION † a cutting off, separation ...1584
CYCLIST - see BICYCLE
CYCLONE - nouns
• FRAID HOLE a cyclone cellar ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TWISTER a cyclone ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
CZECHOSLOVAKIA - nouns
• CHECK Czechoslovakia ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
Czechoslovakia - person
• BOOTCHKEY (derogatory) a Czechoslovakian ...1945 Amer. dial.
• BUTCHSKI (derogatory) a Czechoslovakian ...1964 Amer. dial.
• BUTCHSKY (derogatory) a Czechoslovakian ...1964 Amer. dial.
• CHESKEY (derogatory) a nickname for a Czechoslovakian ...20C US sl.
• CHESKY a Czech or Bohemian ...1945 Amer. dial.
• CZEZSKI (derogatory) a nickname for a Czechoslovakian ...1964 US sl.
• HEEGAN a Bohemian or Czech ...1916 Amer. dial.
• HEGAN a Bohemian or Czech ...1916 Amer. dial.
• MUSHROOM-PICKER (derogatory) a nickname for a Czechoslovakian ...20C US sl.